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    Goukou River: Mouth - Cobb Hole (Combined) (34232125)

    Western Cape

    Card 511523
    Compiler 22742
    Location code 34232125Goukou River: Mouth - Cobb Hole (Combined) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:45
    End time 13:20
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 202
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J du Plessis
     
    0J Pandaren
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    120
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    190
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    260
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    300
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    70
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    80
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    190


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 10:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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