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    Bitou River (34012323)

    Western Cape
    Card 5182
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34012323Bitou River (Western Cape)
    Start date 2003-07-11
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 719
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		150
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		430
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		280
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		250
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		891Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		680
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		250
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		401Confirmed Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		100
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		500
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		490
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		710
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		530
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		20


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