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    Kei River Estuary (32402821)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 506497
    Compiler 195
    Location code 32402821Kei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2015-02-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 13:56
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 55
    Total Species 41
    Total Count 869
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes No boat was available so was unable to cover the full stretch upriver to Nthombe Kei. Did what was possible on foot from the mouth upriver as far as 32d39.086'S 28d21.503'W+A124. Covered at low tide, probably ending at mid-tide (incoming). Egyptian Goose: three broods of goslings (2, 2, 4) 6 full grown juveniles.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		160
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		250Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		160
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		230
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		430
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		130
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		130
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		390
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		830
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		80
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		510
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		230
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		100
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		320
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		110
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		240
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		80
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1740
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		1070
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		220
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		400
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		230


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