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    Zwartkops River Estuary (33522538)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 511481
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33522538Zwartkops River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2025-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:55
    End time 16:50
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 5546
    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 Tide stayed low allowing good count. Many threats to this urban estuary. Boat between vantage points & by foot on mudbanks
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Arthur Rump
     
    0Marianne Lear
     
    2Paul Martin
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    150
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    530
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    160
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    720
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    750
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    442Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    331Confirmed Breeding
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)
    2400
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    1000
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    240
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    60
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)
    10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    5260
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    650
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    5070
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    760
    254Knot, Red
    (Calidris canutus)
    40
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    1120
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)
    1170
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    1660
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)
    960
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)
    30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    9230
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    260
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    50
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    6650Confirmed Breeding
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    7450
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    600
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    120
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    5680
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    810
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)
    600
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    130


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 02:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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