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    Keiskamma River Estuary (33172729)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 504666
    Compiler 174
    Location code 33172729Keiskamma River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2015-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 832
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes No Boat available. Very dry, wetlands dried up.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		190
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		970
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		340
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		120
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		290
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		690
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		510
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		970
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1680
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		140
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		240
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		290
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		170
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		140
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		380
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		260


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 06:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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