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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape

    Card 500755
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:16
    End time 17:58
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1106
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The saltpan and the smaller pans below the holiday resort were, however, all dry.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0F. Jooste
     
    0K. Shaw
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    140
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    660
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    580
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)
    60
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    550
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    410
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    4650
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    520
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    730
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    1370
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)
    60
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    250
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    460
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    310
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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