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    Eerste River Estuary (34051846)

    Western Cape
    Card 6906
    Compiler 228
    Location code 34051846Eerste River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 09:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 50
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Despite pitching a time at low tide the river was full covering the sandbank thus few birds.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		240
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 01:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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