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    Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (28381628)

    Northern Cape

    Card 510655
    Compiler 16774
    Location code 28381628Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2024-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:24
    End time 17:02
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 49
    Total Count 4240
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Sites counted: River channel (boat), oxidation ponds (old), oxidation ponds (new), Saltmarsh, Backwater and wetlands at mouth, beach (sandspit), dunvlei pan and lucern fields. Pink Pan and Yacht Club (both Namibia side) not included.
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    0E Heyns
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    270
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    940
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    120
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    860
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    250
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    240
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    170
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    1130
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    600
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    390
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    20
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    7890
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    560
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    3660
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    6140
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    530
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1130
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    960
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    30
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    420
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    70
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    1000
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    210
    254Knot, Red
    (Calidris canutus)
    140
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    750
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    710
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    2590
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    690
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    280
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    400
    294Tern, Arctic
    (Sterna paradisaea)
    140
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    400
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    250
    300Tern, Damara
    (Sternula balaenarum)
    60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    350
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    350
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    7340
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    90
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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