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    Langebaan: Geelbek Wes (33121805)

    Western Cape
    Card 511292
    Compiler 16155
    Location code 33121805Langebaan: Geelbek Wes (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:30
    End time 12:45
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 342
    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 It was a neap tide not a spring high tide so some of the inshore pans were dry. A spring tide would be ideal as it would push all birds onto the marsh area.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		640
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		750
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		130
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		720
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		520
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Thursday 03 April 2025 10:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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