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    Keurbooms River Estuary (34022324)

    Western Cape
    Card 509670
    Compiler 20790
    Location code 34022324Keurbooms River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-07-28
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 1946
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 2Sedimentation
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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
    0Betty Arendse
     
    0Chanel Hauvette
     
    0Hendri Coetzee
     
    0John Home
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		380
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		510
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		470
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		970
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		190
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		280
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1690
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		380
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		270
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		470
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		390
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		470
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		12080
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:23
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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