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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 501051
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:15
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 1133
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C. Humphreys
     
    0E. Lourens
     
    0J. Hobson
     
    0M. Murphy
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		570
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		220
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1000
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		390
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		210
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		430
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		210
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		810
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		190
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		500
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		600
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1860
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		1040
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		2800
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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