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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 505742
    Compiler 10055
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-07-21
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:05
    End time 12:05
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 1065
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B Forbes
     
    0B Ward-Smith
     
    0E Lourens
     
    0G Ward
     
    0M Bridgeford
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		570
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		280
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		650
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		170
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		140
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		760
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		320
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		180
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		210
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		200
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		6620
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Wednesday 04 March 2026 04:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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