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Lamberts Bay: South Beach (32061818)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority CapeNature
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
IBA information
Ramsar information
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Information 

Date_registered
2013-07-29
Brief_description
Count includes the area between the high water mark and up the breaker line.
Physical_features
Rocky shore.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
255Calidris alba217.7180   
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis8966.9720000550027503000
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus533.09145532685
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus11.502   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus14.53120   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta11.273   
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus3341.5050   
44Gannet, CapeMorus capensis151.78200
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca22.002   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis44.004   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus12.1330   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii142.14210 125 
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus18108.58415300150 
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.001   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.083   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus14.7422   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash12.174   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus1515.0015
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis12.025
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus22.606   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini19.3329 24 
2Penguin, AfricanSpheniscus demersus11.001
4137Petrel, White-chinnedProcellaria aequinoctialis23.004
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula11.001   
238Plover, Three-bandedAnarhynchus tricollaris11.353   
235Plover, White-frontedAnarhynchus marginatus28.2120   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.332  
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.002   
1274Teal, Green-wingedAnas carolinensis5050.0050
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia11.502   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo3464.7810000800040001800
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii277.931500500250200
296Tern, SandwichThalasseus sandvicensis15.4626   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres45.678   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis16.9425
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Thursday 29 October 2026 07:43
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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