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    Great Fish River Estuary (33292707)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 8656
    Compiler 74
    Location code 33292707Great Fish River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2007-03-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 558
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Unfortunately due to the lack of a suitable boat I was unable to cover the entire count area. The area covered was from the mouth to about 300m upstream of the main R72 bridge.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		400
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1000
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		250
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		540
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		140
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		110
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		150
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		260
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		300
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		150
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		90
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		230
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		260
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		160
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		500
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		100
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		140
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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