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    Mud River Mouth (33291818)

    Western Cape

    Card 500490
    Compiler 106
    Location code 33291818Mud River Mouth (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:45
    End time 10:25
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 367
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Sea mist made positive ID difficult from distance ie on rocky island hence unidentified Terns. Recent spring high tide pushed much debris (mostly plastic) upstream, breaching existing banks and spreading over a wide area.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0F. Ellmore
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    330
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)
    60
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)
    120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    91Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    70
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    280
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    50
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    2500


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:07
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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