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    Klein Brak Estuary: Mouth - N2 Bridge (34052208)

    Western Cape

    Card 500106
    Compiler 1463
    Location code 34052208Klein Brak Estuary: Mouth - N2 Bridge (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 09:00
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 51
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes After floods at the end of 2007 - river mouth changed totally - almost 50 m wider than usual. Al the dunes around the mouth has been washed away. Also islands(sandbanks) in river has been washed away - birds used to rest/roost here. Species sheet Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0F. de Graaff
     
    0H. de Graaff
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    30
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    50
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    110
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    80


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    Saturday 20 April 2024 02:37
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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