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Olifants River Mouth North Bank (31411811)
Western Cape
CWAC status	NEWLY REGISTERED
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Management status	MINING PROPERTY
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2016-02-08
Brief_description
Saline estuary, Oliphants River. Part of count area is coastline. The count is done from a point opposite the Papendorp jetty to the Atlantic. A sand island in the estuary is part of the count, as is a rocky island a short distance from the shore in the sea.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max
255	, Sanderling	Calidris alba	20	20.00	20
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	6	6.00	6
49	Cormorant, Bank	Phalacrocorax neglectus	1	1.00	1
48	Cormorant, Cape	Phalacrocorax capensis	52	218.50	610
51	Cormorant, Crowned	Microcarbo coronatus	18	18.00	18
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	3	3.00	3
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	16.75	28
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	4.75	10
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	8	8.00	8
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	2	4.75	7
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.00	1
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	86	117.50	150
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	3	49.67	100
266	Godwit, Bar-tailed	Limosa lapponica	1	1.00	1
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	3	7.50	12
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	4	9.00	16
289	Gull, Hartlaub's	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	16	20.75	30
287	Gull, Kelp	Larus dominicanus	30	41.00	57
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	1.00	1
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	1.33	2
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	2	14.25	27
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	8	8.00	8
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	7	7.00	7
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	2	3.50	6
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	4.33	7
231	Oystercatcher, African	Haematopus moquini	6	13.00	20
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	3	17.00	31
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	8	10.00	12
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	4	4.00	4
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	24.00	35
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	3.33	6
235	Plover, White-fronted	Charadrius marginatus	5	13.50	34
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	4.33	8
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	13	13.00	13
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	3.00	4
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	30	30.00	30
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	4	7.67	12
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	20	20.00	20
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	16	16.00	16
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	2	3.00	5
291	Tern, Common	Sterna hirundo	234	338.00	450
298	Tern, Greater Crested	Thalasseus bergii	1	33.00	120
296	Tern, Sandwich	Thalasseus sandvicensis	5	75.00	200
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	12	12.00	12
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	50	125.00	200
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	5	11.33	17
268	Whimbrel, Eurasian	Numenius phaeopus	1	5.50	10

Friday 11 October 2024 08:14
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Olifants River Mouth North Bank (31411811)

Western Cape

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