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    Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (34242049)

    Western Cape
    Card 6800
    Compiler 1948
    Location code 34242049Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (Western Cape)
    Start date 2005-07-13
    Season WWinter
    Start time 12:38:00
    End time 15:40:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 296
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		80
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		210
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		120
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		320
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		630
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		570
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		20
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		100


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    Tuesday 23 December 2025 07:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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