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Native and Naturalized (102)

  1. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
    # Count: 3800
    Date:
    Observer: William Buskirk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  2. Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis
    # Count: 185
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  3. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 52
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  4. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  5. Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Ethan Kistler | WINGS
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  6. Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Dominic Rollinson - Birding Ecotours
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  7. African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
    # Count: 49
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  8. Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
    # Count: 48
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  9. White Stork Ciconia ciconia
    # Count: 27
    Date:
    Observer: Sean Beckett
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  10. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  11. Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  12. Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  13. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  14. Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  15. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  16. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  17. Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  18. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  19. Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  20. African Penguin Spheniscus demersus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Lisa & Li Li
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  21. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  22. Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  23. Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  24. Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  25. Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Dominic Rollinson - Birding Ecotours
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  26. Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  27. Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  28. Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  29. Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  30. Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  31. Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  32. Cape Gannet Morus capensis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ethan Kistler | WINGS
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  33. Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  34. Southern Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Garret Skead
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  35. Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  36. Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  37. Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Dominic Rollinson - Birding Ecotours
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  38. Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  39. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  40. Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  41. African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  42. Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  43. White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  44. Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  45. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Garret Skead
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  46. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  47. Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  48. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  49. Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  50. Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: William Buskirk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  51. Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  52. Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  53. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  54. Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  55. Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  56. Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  57. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  58. Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  59. Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eliza Willis
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  60. Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  61. Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  62. Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  63. Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  64. Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  65. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  66. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gabriel Jamie
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  67. Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Trevor Hardaker
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  68. Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Pamela Cooper
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  69. Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dominic Rollinson - Birding Ecotours
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  70. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Garret Skead
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  71. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Garret Skead
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  72. African Darter Anhinga rufa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  73. Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  74. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  75. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  76. Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  77. Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  78. African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  79. Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  80. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  81. Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  82. Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eliza Willis
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  83. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  84. Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Martin Benadie
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  85. Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  86. Pied Crow Corvus albus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel S.
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  87. White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eliza Willis
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  88. Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  89. White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gabriel Jamie
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  90. Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  91. Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eliza Willis
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  92. Orange-breasted Sunbird Anthobaphes violacea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Eliza Willis
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  93. Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: William Buskirk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  94. Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Martin Benadie
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  95. Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Rijsdijk
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  96. Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Will Sweet
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  97. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Saul
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  98. Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Keith Cowton
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  99. White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Garret Skead
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  100. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Garret Skead
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  101. Gray-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Saul
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  102. Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Susan Saul
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy

Additional Taxa (2)

  1. Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris borealis/diomedea
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Dominic Rollinson - Birding Ecotours
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy
  2. Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus/halli
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Kidwell
    Location: Witsands-Soetwater Coastal Conservancy