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    Great Fish River Estuary (33292707)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 2744
    Compiler 74
    Location code 33292707Great Fish River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 1999-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 13:15:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 1030
    Wetland Condition 4Mud only
    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)    		150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		160
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		100
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		170
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		220
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		230
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		410
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		230
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		710
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		50
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		180
    261Redshank, Common
    (Tringa totanus)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		650
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		80
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		370
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		320
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		3350
    293Tern, Roseate
    (Sterna dougallii)    		20
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		1900
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		80
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		140
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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