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    Hartenbos Estuary (34072207)

    Western Cape

    Card 511791
    Compiler 23949
    Location code 34072207Hartenbos Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 14:00
    End time 15:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 2224
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 17Pollution by industrial waste
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11619Rudi Minnie
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    500
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    100
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    200
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    360
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    220
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    370
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    60
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    240
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    170
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    2070
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    240
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    15480
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    740
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    850
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    140
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)
    40


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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