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    Buffels River Mouth (29401703)

    Northern Cape
    Card 510144
    Compiler 16774
    Location code 29401703Buffels River Mouth (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2023-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:20
    End time 11:50
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 262
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Normally closed estuary was still open to sea after flood event about 3 weeks prior to survey. Normal standing pool and reed habitat washed away. Bird hide washed away.
    Survey notes


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    21684C Geldenhuys
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		870
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		830
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		660
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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