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    Bushmans River: Mouth - Ghio Bridge (33402635)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 3529
    Compiler 886
    Location code 33402635Bushmans River: Mouth - Ghio Bridge (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2000-07-31
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:40:00
    End time 11:20:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 229
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    230
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    180
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    220
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    320
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    130
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    120
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    440
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    80
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    20
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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