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    Great Fish River Estuary (33292707)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 1094
    Compiler 74
    Location code 33292707Great Fish River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1997-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 152
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		230
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		190
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		220
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		280
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		90
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		150
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50


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    Wednesday 07 January 2026 11:10
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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