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    Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (34242049)

    Western Cape
    Card 5073
    Compiler 1349
    Location code 34242049Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (Western Cape)
    Start date 2003-04-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:30:00
    End time 14:30:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 478
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		160
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40Possibly Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100Possibly Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40Possibly Breeding
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		110Possibly Breeding
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40Possibly Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		130Possibly Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1200Possibly Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		400Possibly Breeding
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		160
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		590
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		190
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		910
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		260
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		180


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    Monday 22 December 2025 11:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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