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    Keiskamma River Estuary (33172729)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 500363
    Compiler 174
    Location code 33172729Keiskamma River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2009-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 1092
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Seymour
     
    0D. Joiner
     
    0I. Field
     
    0J. Seymour
     
    0K. Griffith
     
    0K. Marshall
     
    0M. Field
     
    0P. Swift
     
    0R. Joiner
     
    0S. Goldswain
     
    0W. Perks
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		210
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		60
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		170
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1310
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		130
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		60
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		340
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		250
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1320
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		2760
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1450
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		190
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		440
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		90
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		630
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		300
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		60
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		110
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		130
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		60
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20


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    Saturday 27 December 2025 04:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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