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    Eerste River Estuary (34051846)

    Western Cape
    Card 6505
    Compiler 228
    Location code 34051846Eerste River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2005-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:45:00
    End time 13:45:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 644
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    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)    		160
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		70
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		800
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		380
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		50
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		90
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		110
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		120
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		150
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1710
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		2000
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 09:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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