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    Great Fish River Estuary (33292707)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 4565
    Compiler 74
    Location code 33292707Great Fish River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2002-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:50:00
    End time 11:45:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 230
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    130
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    50
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    110
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    60
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    100
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    460
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    160
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    50
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    30
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    110
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    440
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    110
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    70


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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