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    Mud River Mouth (33291818)

    Western Cape
    Card 7049
    Compiler 106
    Location code 33291818Mud River Mouth (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:23:00
    End time 16:48:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 280
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Clearing of Alien trees along river bank completed, no roosts now for Black -Crowned Night Heron.Very low water level in river ¦ 300m from sea high water mark and quite stagnant and smelly where it peters-out into the sand. Beach vehicle ban evident by no tyre tracks anywhere
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		150
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		50
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		50Probably Breeding
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		340
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1260
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		230
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		400


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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