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    Lamberts Bay: Bird Island (32041818)

    Western Cape

    Card 511601
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 32041818Lamberts Bay: Bird Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-08-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 35589
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes clear, calm, 0.5m swell. gannet colony still water logged after much winter rain, but numbers already high.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    43Gannet, Australasian
    (Morus serrator)
    10
    44Gannet, Cape
    (Morus capensis)
    350000
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    2000
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)
    200
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    82Confirmed Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    1500
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    1200
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    700
    300Tern, Damara
    (Sternula balaenarum)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    80


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 11:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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