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    Eerste River Estuary (34051846)

    Western Cape
    Card 500491
    Compiler 228
    Location code 34051846Eerste River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:45
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 385
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Species sheet Notes Very strong wind.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J. Carter
     
    0S. Nieumeyer
     
    0S. Perry
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		990
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		180
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		220
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		650
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		210
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		430
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		80
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		500
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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