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    Lourens River Estuary (34051844)

    Western Cape
    Card 501277
    Compiler 229
    Location code 34051844Lourens River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-12-06
    Season OOther
    Start time 18:45
    End time 19:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 1730
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes One pair of Black Oystercatchers still sitting on the nest in turns.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0D. Cooke
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		121Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    259Sandpiper, Green
    (Tringa ochropus)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		350
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		250
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		13400
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		2350
    297Tern, Lesser Crested
    (Thalasseus bengalensis)    		550
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		40


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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