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    Bushmans River: Mouth - Ghio Bridge (33402635)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 8535
    Compiler 1528
    Location code 33402635Bushmans River: Mouth - Ghio Bridge (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2007-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 13:15:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 460
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		5020Confirmed Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		193Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		240Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		140
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		230
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		420
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1100
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		120
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		390
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		190
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		460
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:33
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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