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    Seekoei River Estuary (34052454)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 506861
    Compiler 12119
    Location code 34052454Seekoei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2018-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:10
    End time 09:40
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 1405
    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 Mouth closed - high salinity.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    312Yvonne Bosman
     
    1612Abel Bezuidenhout
     
    14677Peter de Wet
     
    14678Cecile de Wet
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		210
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		120
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		410
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		420
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		380
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		100
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		80
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		70
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		350
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		270
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		220
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		500
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1140
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		510
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1470
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		70
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		6000
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		490
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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