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    Langebaan: Caspian Island (33121806)

    Western Cape

    Card 8897
    Compiler 73
    Location code 33121806Langebaan: Caspian Island (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-02-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:25:00
    End time 13:15:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 686
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Heat haze made counting somewhat difficult on Caspian Island. Some smaller waders may have been missed.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    90
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    100
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    620
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    170
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    30
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    3650
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    1650
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    110
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    190
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    40


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    Friday 19 April 2024 01:31
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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