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    Lourens River Estuary (34051844)

    Western Cape

    Card 94239
    Compiler 49
    Location code 34051844Lourens River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-02-04
    Season OOther
    Start time 05:30:00 PM
    End time 07:15:00 PM
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 186
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    450
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20Possibly Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    80
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    200
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    400
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    70
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    60
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    100
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    250
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 12:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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