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    Kowie River Estuary (33352653)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 5025
    Compiler 74
    Location code 33352653Kowie River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2003-02-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 14:15:00
    End time 15:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 469
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		146Confirmed Breeding
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		187Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		14050Confirmed Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		7530Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		160
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		260
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		290
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1010
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Monday 22 December 2025 04:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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