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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape

    Card 512273
    Compiler 13446
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-04-14
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:40
    End time 11:10
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 204
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    2158Yves Chesselet
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    300
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    280
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    130
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    30
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    200
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    130
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    130
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    240
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    30
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    120
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    10


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 03:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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