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    Grootwitvlei (34221853)

    Western Cape
    Card 500360
    Compiler 766
    Location code 34221853Grootwitvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 18:30
    End time 20:06
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 75
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 139
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		270Probably Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		450Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		120
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30Confirmed Breeding
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		70
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		120
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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