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    Seekoei River Estuary (34052454)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 9349
    Compiler 301
    Location code 34052454Seekoei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2008-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:00:00 AM
    End time 08:00:00 AM
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 1040
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		230
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		210
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		270
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		90
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		330
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		340
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		260
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		700
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		170
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		590
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		500
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		390
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		3070
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		820
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		100
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		640
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		180
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		570
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		70
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		190


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