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    Kei River Estuary (32402821)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512331
    Compiler 195
    Location code 32402821Kei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2024-07-21
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:12
    End time 12:56
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 346
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Covered from the mouth to Umthombe Kei by boat courtesy of Clint Gower. The lower estuary was covered on foot.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		330
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		210
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		660
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		140
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		150
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		380
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		120
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		590
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Thursday 21 May 2026 07:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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