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    Mud River Mouth (33291818)

    Western Cape
    Card 6830
    Compiler 106
    Location code 33291818Mud River Mouth (Western Cape)
    Start date 2005-07-30
    Season WWinter
    Start time 14:15:00
    End time 15:40:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 791
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Due to recent good rains the river was flowing out to the sea, cutting a channel through the sand bars, where several birds were seen bathing when we first appeared.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		240
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		90
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		810
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		90
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		6490
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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