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    Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (34251921)

    Western Cape
    Card 502458
    Compiler 1422
    Location code 34251921Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 2007
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes No coots or grebes observed for the first time in many years. Possibly due to very low water levels.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		610
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		280
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		260
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		620
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		610
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4300
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		330Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		920
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		4090
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		280
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		250
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		50
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    254Knot, Red
    (Calidris canutus)    		170
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		160
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		550
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		890
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		2680
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		990
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1440
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		10


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