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Lamberts Bay: North Beach (32031818)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority CapeNature
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2013-07-29
Brief_description
Sandy beach count north of Lambert's Bay. Bird species counted between the fore dune and breaker line.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255Calidris alba219.3850   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta13.386   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata12.6310   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis11075.8120000550027503000
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus27.4135 26 
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus11.112   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus11.6412   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.328   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus19.6025   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor11.332   
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis173.45500
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca22.002   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis35.007   
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis23.004   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis11.001   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus12.0515   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii221.83210 125 
2042Gull, Heuglin'sLarus heuglini6565.0065
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus10111.721500300150700
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.042   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus13.4712   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash23.4118   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.835
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus12.568   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.502   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini25.8137 24 
2Penguin, AfricanSpheniscus demersus11.603
4137Petrel, White-chinnedProcellaria aequinoctialis11.001
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula11.332   
241Plover, GreyPluvialis squatarola11.001   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius22.002   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris12.0811   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus212.0132   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos14.2514  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea22.002  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.755   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii13.006   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus11.798   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta326.5050   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis11.803   
292Tern, AntarcticSterna vittata13.005   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.573   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1190.742000  1800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii153.41500500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis14.4010   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.001   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis17.6818
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus22.503   
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Monday 27 October 2025 06:46
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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