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    Buffels River Mouth (29401703)

    Northern Cape

    Card 511275
    Compiler 16774
    Location code 29401703Buffels River Mouth (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:27
    End time 10:20
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 453
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    130
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    530
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    630
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    530
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    1060
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    1070
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    180
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30


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    Thursday 05 June 2025 12:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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