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    Langebaan: North Marsh (33101805)

    Western Cape
    Card 512082
    Compiler 16155
    Location code 33101805Langebaan: North Marsh (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:02
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 702
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 10Large scale netting fishing
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Conditions good. But we started a bit late due to a very early high water at 7.30am and the time taken to get to the North Marsh and drop counters off. So for the last hour, the tide was receeding and some waders had moved out onto the sandflats which made identification of individuals difficult from a distance. HOwever flocks of waders could be could be identified more easily.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		340
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		140
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		60
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		390
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		640
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		290
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1240
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1150
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1140
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		620
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		010
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		220
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		100


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    Wednesday 01 April 2026 11:21
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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