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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 alba219.0850   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta13.006   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata12.8610   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis11089.6620000550027503000
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus27.4135 26 
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus11.112   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus11.6412   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.328   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus110.0025   
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 cirrocephalus12.1115   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii221.76210 125 
2042Gull, Heuglin'sLarus heuglini6565.0065
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus10112.041500300150700
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.052   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus13.4712   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash23.4118   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis11.835
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus12.578   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus11.001   
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 marginatus211.9532   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos14.2514  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea22.002  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.755   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii23.676   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus11.788   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta326.5050   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis11.753   
292Tern, AntarcticSterna vittata13.005   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.673   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo1190.742000  1800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii153.92500500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis14.4010   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.001   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis17.6818
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus22.503   
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Tuesday 02 September 2025 04:08
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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