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    Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (34251921)

    Western Cape

    Card 502038
    Compiler 1422
    Location code 34251921
    Start date 2010-12-09
    Season S
    Start time 07:30
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1186
    Wetland Condition 2
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4
    Count Type 5
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0
    Notes Strong Southeast wind. This made the Tern roost shift down the coast to Onrus where it is more sheltered. There are normally up to 1000 Common Terns roosting, plus numbers of Swift and Sandwich.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    40
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    340
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    240
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    200
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    140
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    1260
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    460
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    7330
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    550
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    50
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    60
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    240
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    60
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    200


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    Monday 27 July 2026 08:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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