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    Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (34242049)

    Western Cape
    Card 6386
    Compiler 1948
    Location code 34242049Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (Western Cape)
    Start date 2005-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:06:00
    End time 13:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1329
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		150
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		140
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1740
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		330
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		120
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1960
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		160
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		80
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		480
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1850
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1110
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		810
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		220
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		340
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		150
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1770
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		690
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		210
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 04:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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