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    Langebaan: Central Marsh (33101806)

    Western Cape
    Card 506184
    Compiler 6926
    Location code 33101806Langebaan: Central Marsh (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:25
    End time 13:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 1924
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Sunny, clear conditions with some wind. Muddy with some standing water. Low bird numbers.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    394Les Underhill
     
    12054Megan Loftie-Eaton
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		170
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		11950
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		210
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		140
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		350
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		3390
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		870
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		150
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		420
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		760
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		150
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		250
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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