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    Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (34251921)

    Western Cape

    Card 500986
    Compiler 1422
    Location code 34251921Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-07-04
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 548
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water level very high. No sandbanks, mudflats or beaches exposed.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0H. Macnaught
     
    0J. Saunders
     
    0L. Burman
     
    0M. Macnaught
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    320
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    220
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    820
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1570
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    380
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    180
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    460
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    420
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    300
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    140


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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