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    Langebaan: South Marsh (33111806)

    Western Cape
    Card 511491
    Compiler 11268
    Location code 33111806Langebaan: South Marsh (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-19
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:40
    End time 14:10
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1701
    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 Tide did not appear completely full, many channels being low, but was certainly mostly full and there was little to no shoreline available. Much feeding activity by large flock of Little Egrets, Afr Spoonbills, GW Pelicans and Cape and WB Cormorants in bay on east side on the peninsular north of Geelbek hide.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		660
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		1200
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		210
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1420
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1400
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		960
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		620
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4450
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		130
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		300
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		180
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		380
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		250
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		270
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		210
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		570
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		690
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		490
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		920
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		140
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		650
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)    		10


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 06:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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