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    Great Fish River Estuary (33292707)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 6441
    Compiler 74
    Location code 33292707Great Fish River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2005-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:15:00
    End time 12:45:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 664
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		160
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		340
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		230
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		50
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		160
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		30
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		780
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1050
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		90
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		140
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		460
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		250
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		260
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		290
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1050
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		450
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		60
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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