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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 509413
    Compiler 20790
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 1548
    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
    Notes Weather and tides were conducive to a reasonable count.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B Arendse
     
    0B Ward Smith
     
    0Chanel
     
    0Eben
     
    0K Whitehead
     
    0M Bridgeford
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		860
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		620
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		730
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		530
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		210
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		340
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		380
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		70
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		750
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		200
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		7130
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		160
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		2900
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    894Oystercatcher, Eurasian
    (Haematopus ostralegus)    		10


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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