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    Eerste River Estuary (34051846)

    Western Cape
    Card 507144
    Compiler 228
    Location code 34051846Eerste River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 08:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 818
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		210
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		470
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		220
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		2850
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		200
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		500
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		3550


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 09:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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