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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 8236
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:35:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 807
    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 Of the 73 Lesser flamingos, 31 were young birds - this season's chicks.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		210
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		120
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		730
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		90
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		520
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		60
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		450
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		810
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		250
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		390
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1130Confirmed Breeding
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    294Tern, Arctic
    (Sterna paradisaea)    		420
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1750
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:22
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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