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    Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (34242049)

    Western Cape
    Card 2898
    Compiler 482
    Location code 34242049Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (Western Cape)
    Start date 1999-07-14
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 14:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 937
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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)    		150
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		280
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		190
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		240
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		420
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3790
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		380
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1340
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		360
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		280
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1250
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    10005Duck, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		10
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		20


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    Tuesday 28 October 2025 03:10
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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