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    Goukou River: Mouth - Melkhoutfontein (34212125)

    Western Cape
    Card 506359
    Compiler 16537
    Location code 34212125Goukou River: Mouth - Melkhoutfontein (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 12:01
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 209
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Chane Pietersen
     
    0Jean du Plessis
     
    0William Benn
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		160
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		90
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		70
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		120
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		180
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		150
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		70


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    Thursday 25 April 2024 06:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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