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    Cape Recife Reclamation Works (34012541)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 3352
    Compiler 2
    Location code 34012541Cape Recife Reclamation Works (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2000-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30:00
    End time 10:05:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 379
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		90Possibly Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		950Possibly Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40Possibly Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30Possibly Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90Possibly Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		60Possibly Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50Possibly Breeding
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1910
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40Possibly Breeding


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    Friday 30 January 2026 01:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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