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    Seekoei River Estuary (34052454)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 507670
    Compiler 12119
    Location code 34052454Seekoei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2019-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:15
    End time 08:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 1476
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Blind mouth to estuary and drought conditions exacerbated conditions revealing extensive mud flats not seen for at least 10 years
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0T Nieuwoudt
     
    312Y Bosman
     
    0J Suckling
     
    14677P de Wet
     
    14678C de Wet
     
    19557T Hedding
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		150
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		440
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		150
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		120
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		250
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		80
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		980
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		210
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		370
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		150
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		4010
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		2090
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		200
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		220
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		350
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1370
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		260
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		2200
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		250
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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