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    Langebaan Country Estate (33041803)

    Western Cape
    Card 511805
    Compiler 920
    Location code 33041803Langebaan Country Estate (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 18:00
    End time 19:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 718
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Big heronry / roost at dam in SW corner not currently active, so numbers of African Sacred Ibis and others were lower than before. Not a single Maccoa Duck present on any of the dams.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		120
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		290Confirmed Breeding
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		330
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		190
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		500
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		360
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		330
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		230
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		280
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		120
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1460
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		2580Confirmed Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140


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    Tuesday 27 January 2026 01:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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