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    Kei River Estuary (32402821)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 503176
    Compiler 195
    Location code 32402821Kei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2011-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:00
    End time 14:30
    Shoreline covered 99
    Openwater covered 99
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 522
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes A fair amount of disturbance (fishermen etc.) on the south bank near the mouth. Birds not always visible in the network of pools above the pont on the north bank - covered as best as possible. Large group of roosting terns on north side of mouth tightly compacted and frequently moving to and from a subsidiary group on a sandbank in the centre of the mouth, making counting difficult.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		300Probably Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		660
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		320
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		50
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		710
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		160
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		290
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		830
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		70
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		130
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		310
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		60
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		70
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		50
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		320


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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