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    Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (34242049)

    Western Cape
    Card 8071
    Compiler 1948
    Location code 34242049Breede River Estuary: Mouth - Power lines (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-02-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:50:00
    End time 13:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1321
    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
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		190
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2390
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		70
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		3010
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		100
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		90
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		850
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		390
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		40
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		50
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		420
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		170
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		560
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3890
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		250
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Wednesday 05 November 2025 09:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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