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    Great Fish River Estuary (33292707)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 5580
    Compiler 74
    Location code 33292707Great Fish River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2004-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:45:00
    End time 12:20:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1096
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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)    		300
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		50
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		250
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		60
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		480
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		500
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		170
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		140
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		460
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		220
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		200
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		130
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		5700
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		900
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		370
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		260
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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