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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 94062
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 1087
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		950
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		130
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		350
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		610
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		120
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		400
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		170
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		480
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1340
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		90
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		460
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		610
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		310
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3850
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		500
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		50


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    Friday 26 April 2024 03:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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