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    Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (28381628)

    Northern Cape

    Card 504224
    Compiler 2194
    Location code 28381628Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2011-02-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:50
    End time 15:15
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 50
    Total Count 2147
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Orange River in full flood while saltmarsh on South African side was completely inundated and unsuitable to most wading birds. Pink Pan on the Namibian side was full while the Yacht Club had little water.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    60
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    1490
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    330
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    420
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    500
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    1270
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    4050
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1160
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    570
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1480
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    820
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    180
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    1140
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    650
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    140
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    60
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    500
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    120
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    1680
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    760
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    90
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    760
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    180
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    1290
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    170
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    100
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    490


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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