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    Langebaan: ChurchHaven - Windmill (33111805)

    Western Cape
    Card 505170
    Compiler 1623
    Location code 33111805Langebaan: ChurchHaven - Windmill (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-08-06
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 964
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The tide was high at the start of the count, but towards the end of the count, the tide was a lot lower with more sandbars being exposed
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		740
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		800
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		650
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		80
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		470
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		170
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		350
    254Knot, Red
    (Calidris canutus)    		180
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		200
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		140
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		1130
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		260
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		380
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		130
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		3500
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Tuesday 04 November 2025 11:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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