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    Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (28381628)

    Northern Cape
    Card 506629
    Compiler 11993
    Location code 28381628Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2017-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:30
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 47
    Total Count 3782
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Etienne Marais
     
    0Roger Dixon
     
    0Salome Willemse
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		450
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		2440
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		8130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		260
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1010
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		340
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1810
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		7800
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		390
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		430
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		70
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		80
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		70
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		2060
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		340
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		670
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		5060
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1200
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1600
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		820
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		1050
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		80
    300Tern, Damara
    (Sternula balaenarum)    		190Possibly Breeding
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		500


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