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    Langebaan: Geelbek Wes (33121805)

    Western Cape
    Card 503681
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 33121805Langebaan: Geelbek Wes (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-02-23
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:10
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 722
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Access to the shoreline of the lagoon was difficult - larger birds were counted, but very difficult to see waders. 95% of the waders in the marshy areas and pools south of the lagoon were counted.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1050
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1020
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		300
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2470
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1090
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		350
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		80
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		400


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    Sunday 07 December 2025 07:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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