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    Zwartkops River Estuary (33522538)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510613
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33522538Zwartkops River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2022-07-15
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:45
    End time 15:50
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 3399
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Many threats to this urban estuary. Count by boat between vantage points and on foot at each mudbank.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Arthur Rump
     
    0Saudiqa Benjamin
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		850
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		9400
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		990
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		130
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1570
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1060
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		310
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		160
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		50
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		510
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		1030
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		70
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		470
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		430
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		130
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		1810
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		480
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		11100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1640
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		130
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		350
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		200
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		200
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 01:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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