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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 509018
    Compiler 20790
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-02-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 3416
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		380
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		950
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		170
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		470
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		280
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		230
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		470
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		400
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		360
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		890
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		70
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		540
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		180
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2090
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		1200
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		25000
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Friday 26 April 2024 05:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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