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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 511603
    Compiler 21464
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 20
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 1532
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 24Development/housing/resorts
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes We counted from boat and by foot. We saw a LESSER SAND PLOVER (TIBETAN) BUT IT IS NOT ON LIST, SO I PUT IT ON LIST AS SIBERIAN SAND PLOVER.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Eben Lourens
     
    0Michael Bridgeford
     
    0Stephan Van Wyk
     
    20790Patrick Raymond
     
    21464Chanel Visser
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		900
    44Gannet, Cape
    (Morus capensis)    		640
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		300
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		800
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		650
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		160
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		460
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		970
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		300
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		250
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		380
    234Plover, Siberian Sand
    (Charadrius mongolus)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		360
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		240
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		210
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		220
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		410
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		360
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		7350
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		110
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Wednesday 04 March 2026 04:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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