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    Krom River Mouth (34082450)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 2738
    Compiler 301
    Location code 34082450Krom River Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1999-02-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 1414
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    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)    		340
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		180
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		90
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		310
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		140
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		190
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1230
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		430
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		270
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		350
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		680
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		2000
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		150
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		60
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		1480
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		150
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		670
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1950
    294Tern, Arctic
    (Sterna paradisaea)    		50
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		180
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		90
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		210
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		100
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		130
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		820
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		400


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    Wednesday 29 October 2025 10:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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