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    Kleinemonde West River: Mouth - 4km upstream (33322721)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 502578
    Compiler 1524
    Location code 33322721Kleinemonde West River: Mouth - 4km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2013-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 64
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes River water levels were low due to Oct 2012 floods opening the mouth - pans were all dry
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    70
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    60
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    30
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    60
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    21
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    100


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 07:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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