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    Kei River Estuary (32402821)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 502991
    Compiler 195
    Location code 32402821Kei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2013-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 13:05
    End time 16:10
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 635
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Windy but I doubt this would have adversely affected the count. Carried out at low tide but plenty of standing water on this estuary.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		230
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		270
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		50
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		470
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		170
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		970
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		140
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		240
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		180
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		100
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		110
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		180
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		130
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		570
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		910
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		520
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		320
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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