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    Langebaan: North Marsh (33101805)

    Western Cape
    Card 501133
    Compiler 73
    Location code 33101805Langebaan: North Marsh (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-08-15
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:15
    End time 12:15
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 1162
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Photographs were taken but were not fixed-point; Both species of flamingos had about 5% juvenile birds.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		160
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		1790
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		690
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		5460
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		240
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		90
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		150
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		840
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		280
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		160
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1070
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		210


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 06:21
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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