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    Kei River Estuary (32402821)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 507426
    Compiler 195
    Location code 32402821Kei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2018-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:57
    End time 12:56
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 193
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Covered from mouth to Umthombe Kei by boat courtesy Rob Nel
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Rob Nel
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		220
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		140
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		280
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		70
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170


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    Sunday 07 December 2025 05:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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