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    Keiskamma River Estuary (33172729)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 502583
    Compiler 174
    Location code 33172729Keiskamma River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2013-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 989
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes No Boat available to take us to the island or upriver. Ian used his paddleski around the top end of the island, but the tide was too high for many waders on the mudflats.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		240
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		170
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		120
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1720Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		240
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		480
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		730
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1590
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1010
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		530
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		60
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		170
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		140
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		90
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		190
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1500


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 06:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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