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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 503634
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:35
    End time 11:40
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1415
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Mist did hamper the count on one or two occasions. Greater Flamingo total included 34 juvenile birds. All 6 Lesser Flamingos were juveniles
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		160
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		250
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		160
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		450
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		180
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		990
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		530
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		270
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		630
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		5140
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		230
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		430
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		1160
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		140
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		170
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		670
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1430
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		510
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		210
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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