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    Uilenkraalsmond (34361925)

    Western Cape
    Card 512250
    Compiler 15207
    Location code 34361925Uilenkraalsmond (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-04-13
    Season OOther
    Start time 07:30
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 10
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 309
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The conditions were good to moderate (a lot of glare), high tide was at 06:11. Wind 9 knots and increased to 11 knots during the count. Wind direction was East, little disturbance from people at the estuary a few were at the estuary mouth and one close to the bridge, we walked as always from the mouth up and beyond the bridge, 3 observers had binoculars and data was collected by the fourth, two cormorants were not identified, they were in the water and in the glare. Sandra Hoerbst count.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Joshua Venter (DICT Intern)
     
    0Sandra Hörbst
     
    0Theanette Staal
     
    0Xantia Hobrough (DICT Intern)
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		70
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		250
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		190
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		140
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		50
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1090
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		630
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Thursday 23 April 2026 02:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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