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    Eerste River Estuary (34051846)

    Western Cape
    Card 500253
    Compiler 228
    Location code 34051846Eerste River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-08-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:45
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 234
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very strong wind. Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0S. Perry
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		200
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		300
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		220
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		100
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		400
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		220
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		120
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		280
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:23
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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