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    Kowie River Estuary (33352653)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 3217
    Compiler 74
    Location code 33352653Kowie River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2000-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:55:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 317
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    80
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    70
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    30
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    590
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    170
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    660
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    400
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    400
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    80
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    150
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    80
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    80
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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