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    Eerste River Estuary (34051846)

    Western Cape
    Card 503544
    Compiler 228
    Location code 34051846Eerste River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 257
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    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)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		20
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1120
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		430
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		60
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		80
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		180
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 09:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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