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    Zwartkops River Estuary (33522538)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 510764
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33522538Zwartkops River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2020-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 14:50
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 3314
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Banks remained exposed throughout count. Boat to vantage points, by foot on mudbanks. Many threats to this urban estuary
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Arthur Rump
     
    0Rod Lockhead
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		960
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		1810
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1350
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1230
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		990
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		440
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1970
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		150
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		610
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		720
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		240
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1220
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		550
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		40
    261Redshank, Common
    (Tringa totanus)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		400
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		70
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		1800
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1160
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		15040
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		640
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		40
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		230
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		170
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		180
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		350


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