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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape

    Card 502972
    Compiler 10055
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2013-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:40
    End time 12:50
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 600
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    400
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    100
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    210
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    130
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    370
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    130
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    550
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    510
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    320
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    220
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    1170
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    1400
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    80
    10007Swan, Black
    (Cygnus atratus)
    10


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    Wednesday 24 April 2024 04:20
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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