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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape

    Card 1061
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812
    Start date 1997-01-20
    Season S
    Start time 13:40:00
    End time
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 566
    Wetland Condition 2
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4
    Count Type 5
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    20
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    700
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    930
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    150
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    140
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    1490
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    480
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    20
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)
    20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    80
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    1420


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    Friday 30 January 2026 10:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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