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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 2454
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 1998-08-13
    Season WWinter
    Start time 13:30:00
    End time 16:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 824
    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)    		500
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		200
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		210
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		610
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		510
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		180
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		330
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		140
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		80
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		290
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		370
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		130
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		880
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		3200
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		110


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    Friday 30 January 2026 01:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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