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    Lamberts Bay: Bird Island (32041818)

    Western Cape
    Card 503783
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 32041818Lamberts Bay: Bird Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-02-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:15
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 18047
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Elegant Tern spotted on several occasions mid February. Photographs taken by several individuals
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    44Gannet, Cape
    (Morus capensis)    		170008000Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		14328Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1380
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		290
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		6760
    294Tern, Arctic
    (Sterna paradisaea)    		150
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		100
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70
    903Tern, Black
    (Chlidonias niger)    		10


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    Saturday 24 January 2026 04:22
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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