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    Great Fish River Estuary (33292707)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 7061
    Compiler 74
    Location code 33292707Great Fish River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2006-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:00:00
    End time 14:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 773
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes High tide may have driven some birds elsewhere. Vegetation steadily spreading along and down banks of river/estuary hence reducing amount of suitable habitat. This latter as an ongoing problem.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		190
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		50
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		410
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		190
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		180
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		850
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		750
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		50
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		120
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		150
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		270
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		190
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		260
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		2550
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		300
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		40
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		530
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:22
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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