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    Thesen's Island: Combined (A,B,C and D) (34042304)

    Western Cape
    Card 1446
    Compiler 201
    Location code 34042304Thesen's Island: Combined (A,B,C and D) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2000-10-13
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1091
    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
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		410
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		200
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		150
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		250
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		250
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		180
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		240
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		230
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		160
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1060
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		4070
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		2270
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		530
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		400
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 09:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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