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    Rocherpan Marine Protected Area (32361817)

    Western Cape
    Card 511106
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 32361817Rocherpan Marine Protected Area (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 7
    Total Count 2581
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes one pair of oystercatchers with flying juvenile. Many flocks of cape cormorants flying north. african penguins resting in raft just beyond breakers. Weather, clear, warm, light north wind ,o.5 m swell.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		25000
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		101Confirmed Breeding
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		500
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Friday 31 January 2025 03:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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