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    Eerste River Estuary (34051846)

    Western Cape

    Card 4779
    Compiler 228
    Location code 34051846Eerste River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2003-01-31
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 350
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    210
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    700
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    50
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    120
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    50
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    1500
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    500


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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