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Ganzekraal NR Coastal Strip (33321819)

Western Cape

CWAC status Quarterly
Authority CapeNature
Management status Part of a Provincial Reserve, not yet proclaimed
Conservation status PROTECTED
IBA information N/A
Ramsar information N/A
Heritage information Relevant for Bokbaai section: Provincial Heritage Site (Grade 11); SAHRA identifier - 9/2/060/0022
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Information 

Date_registered
2020-12-05
Brief_description
Counts are tide dependent and normally start about 2 hours before low tide. Coastal strip from Silwerstroom Resort to Kabeljoubank(Grotto Bay) gets counted
Physical_features
Sandy and rocky shores
Hydrological_features
Counts are tide dependent and normally start about 2 hours before low tide.
Ecological_features
Ganzekraal coastline represents a variety of bird communities across local climate gradients from the marine and coastal habitats of offshore Ganzekraal. Birds seen on the coastline include (but not limited to ) Cape Cormorant, White-breasted Cormorant, Crowned Cormorant, African Black Oystercatcher, White-fronted Plover, Kelp Gull, Hartlaub's Gull, Swift Tern, Bank Cormorants, Blacksmith Lapwing and Grey Heron.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
4150Albatross, ShyThalassarche cauta819.5031
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus11.001   
49Cormorant, BankPhalacrocorax neglectus075.26262818090110
48Cormorant, CapePhalacrocorax capensis0117.286005550027503000
51Cormorant, CrownedMicrocarbo coronatus120.22277532685
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus33.003   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus07.92102   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta01.002   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca02.136   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus059.20173   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii072.61501250125300
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus065.101339300150700
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala11.334   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea01.485   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus13.1312   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash23.257   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus03.4322   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
231Oystercatcher, AfricanHaematopus moquini013.4687482455
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus14.508   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula2525.0025   
239Plover, Greater SandCharadrius leschenaultii33.003   
235Plover, White-frontedCharadrius marginatus018.69243 125180
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba1414.0014   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis11.001   
291Tern, CommonSterna hirundo121.6387   
298Tern, Greater CrestedThalasseus bergii082.901000500250200
902Tern, Gull-billedGelochelidon nilotica125125.00125 
299Tern, LittleSternula albifrons66.006   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus99.009   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus22.002   
232Turnstone, RuddyArenaria interpres11.864   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis66.006
268Whimbrel, EurasianNumenius phaeopus11.001   
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Friday 11 October 2024 07:07
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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