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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 852
    Compiler 2
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 1996-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:10:00
    End time 14:25:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 1365
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		560
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		380
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		400
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1520
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		310
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		690
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		270
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		120
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		710
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		160
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		50
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		240
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		350
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2050
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		5090
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:23
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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