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    Great Fish River Estuary (33292707)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 9152
    Compiler 74
    Location code 33292707Great Fish River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2007-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09.30.00
    End time 01.30.00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 690
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		210
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		270
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		180
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		460
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2420
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		450
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		200
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		150
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		90
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		960
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		320
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		180
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Wednesday 07 January 2026 11:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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