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    Great Fish River Estuary (33292707)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 5946
    Compiler 74
    Location code 33292707Great Fish River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2004-08-27
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:45:00
    End time 12:45:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 416
    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)    		150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		190
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		271Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1400
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		160
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		210
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		230
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		150
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		390
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		250
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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