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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape

    Card 504706
    Compiler 10055
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:50
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 729
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    120
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    730
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    560
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    420
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    30
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    120
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    60
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    160
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    70
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    190
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    4190
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    110
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30


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    Friday 19 April 2024 04:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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