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    Seekoei River Estuary (34052454)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 2739
    Compiler 301
    Location code 34052454Seekoei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1999-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 1106
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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)
    280
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    140
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    180
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    110
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    130
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    140
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    580
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    130
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    340
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    710
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    160
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    850
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    2140
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    120
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)
    50
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    140
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    930
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    90
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    730
    294Tern, Arctic
    (Sterna paradisaea)
    40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    170
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)
    1270
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    180
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    180
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    500
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    300


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    Thursday 28 March 2024 01:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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