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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape

    Card 9435
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30:00 AM
    End time 12:15:00 PM
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1312
    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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    260
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    1050
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    360
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    120
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    280
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    190
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    900
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    340
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    580
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    700
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    3910
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    100
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    700
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    3200
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20
    10005Duck, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)
    30


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    Thursday 25 April 2024 12:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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