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    Seekoei River Estuary (34052454)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 508549
    Compiler 12119
    Location code 34052454Seekoei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2014-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 48
    Total Count 1440
    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
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    312Yvonne Bosman
     
    12119John Suckling
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		360
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		250
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		100
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		160
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		140
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		190
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		250
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		480
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3600
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		380
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		710
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		240
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		130
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		170
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		170
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		320
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		210
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		710
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		380
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		160
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		120
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		90
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1480
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		60
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		2180
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		160
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		60
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		320
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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