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    Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (34242049)

    Western Cape
    Card 500076
    Compiler 413
    Location code 34242049Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 890
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Ferreira
     
    0A. Louw
     
    0B. Ferreira
     
    0G. Stanford
     
    0J. Becker
     
    0N. Scholtz
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		490
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		200
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1490
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		340
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		980
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		760
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		250
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		90
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		250
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		740
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1450
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		890
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		230
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110


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    Friday 24 October 2025 09:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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