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    Tyolomnqa River Estuary (33112735)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 6831
    Compiler 1650
    Location code 33112735Tyolomnqa River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2005-08-14
    Season WWinter
    Start time 15:00:00
    End time 17:00:00
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 132
    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 The count was conducted later in the year than planned due to the unavailability of the observers involved.The count was originally planned for last weekend when there was a spring tide, but the weather was very poor.The count was thus postponed to this weekend when the tide was unfortunately neap resulting in the condition being partially full and the mudflats being only partially exposed.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		130
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		200Possibly Breeding
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		90
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		100
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		120
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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