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    Goukou River: Mouth - Melkhoutfontein (34212125)

    Western Cape

    Card 8648
    Compiler 1883
    Location code 34212125Goukou River: Mouth - Melkhoutfontein (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-01-31
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:50:00
    End time 11:45:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 155
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    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
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    120
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)
    200
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    70
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    260
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    110
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    150
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    160
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    50
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    10


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    Wednesday 24 April 2024 06:31
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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