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    Keiskamma River Estuary (33172729)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 506795
    Compiler 174
    Location code 33172729Keiskamma River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2018-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 901
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes river quite full and quite windy
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Dave Leppert
     
    0Dee Joiner
     
    0Dor Nell
     
    0Jenny Swift
     
    0Peter Newman
     
    0Peter Swift
     
    0Rob Joiner
     
    0Sue Smith
     
    175Ken Griffith
     
    690Ian Field
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		210
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1660
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		840
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		190
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		160
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		140
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		780
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		60
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		260
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1500
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		1500
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		500
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		190
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		30
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		40


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    Saturday 27 December 2025 04:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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