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    Bitou River (34012323)

    Western Cape
    Card 2227
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34012323Bitou River (Western Cape)
    Start date 1998-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 14:00:00
    End time 17:00:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 861
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    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)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		290
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		860
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		310
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		400
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		380
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		190
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		110
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		400
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		600
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		300
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		670
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1000
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		160
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		120
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1710
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		140
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10


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