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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape

    Card 511155
    Compiler 20790
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-07-19
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1295
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 14Tourism/recreation
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C Visser
     
    0E Lourens
     
    0M Bridgeford
     
    0Natures Valley Trust
     
    0P Raymond
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    1830
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    460
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    880
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    610
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    230
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    420
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    760
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    150
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    220
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    150
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    40
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    390
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    120
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    450
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    170
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)
    50
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    910
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    310
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    4360
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    60
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    60


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    Wednesday 12 March 2025 06:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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