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    Mud River Mouth (33291818)

    Western Cape
    Card 502001
    Compiler 106
    Location code 33291818Mud River Mouth (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:40
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 211
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Unusually, a couple of families, were on the beach playing cricket. This disturbance affected roosting flocks of birds that normally would be expected to be there . Only 1 flock of Kelp Gulls (61) further way.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		50
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		140
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		90Probably Breeding
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		400
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		810
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		180
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		150
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:22
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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