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    Langebaan: Caspian Island (33121806)

    Western Cape

    Card 501130
    Compiler 73
    Location code 33121806Langebaan: Caspian Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-08-15
    Season WWinter
    Start time 12:30
    End time 13:15
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 547
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Photographs were taken but not part of fixed-point; 10 Caspian Terns were sitting on what looked like nests. All birds were observed on the western shoreline.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    480
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)
    1370
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    220
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    650
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    120
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    110
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    600
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    500
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    790
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    290
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    180Possibly Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    70


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    Friday 26 April 2024 05:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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