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    Langebaan: ChurchHaven - Kraalbaai (33091803)

    Western Cape
    Card 502585
    Compiler 609
    Location code 33091803Langebaan: ChurchHaven - Kraalbaai (Western Cape)
    Start date 2013-02-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 3786
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Large feeding group of birds in centre of lagoon beyond visual ID range with binoculars. Birds classed as unidentified below refer to this group. Possibly undercounted by factor of three based on discussions with observers in the adjacent section.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		110
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		140
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		280
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		430
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3320
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		2310
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		140
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		312Possibly Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		40
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		3360
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		14760
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		290
    254Knot, Red
    (Calidris canutus)    		30
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1130
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		240
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		890
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		70
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		630
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		70
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		380
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1410
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		2970
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		260
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		50
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		270
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1500
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1500
    10012Seabird, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		600


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