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    Kei River Estuary (32402821)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 506500
    Compiler 195
    Location code 32402821Kei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2016-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 13:00
    End time 15:30
    Shoreline covered 20
    Openwater covered 20
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 252
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Not a proper CWAC count but included as ad ad hoc count for some spies, which were far more numerous than when the CWAC count was carried out in February 2016. NC = no count attempted. A67. List of NC birds: Three-banded plover, Cape Wagtail,Little Tern, Swift Term, Sandwich Tern,Yellow-billed Duck,Common Tern, Kelp Gull,Wood Sandpiper, White-breasted Cormorant, Blacksmith Lapwing.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		50
    201Crake, Spotted
    (Porzana porzana)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		60
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		270
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		780
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		200
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		140
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		500
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		30
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		200
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10


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    Sunday 07 December 2025 05:09
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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