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    Langebaan: Central Marsh (33101806)

    Western Cape
    Card 511895
    Compiler 1628
    Location code 33101806Langebaan: Central Marsh (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 817
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 14Tourism/recreation
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Probably best to go in by foot from east side as the there were several issues with the rubber ducks collecting counters at the end of 4 hours
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		530
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		620
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		260
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		610
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		360
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		300
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		620
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2580
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		100
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		870
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		310
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		90
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		100
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		150
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Thursday 26 March 2026 02:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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