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    Kabeljous River Estuary (34002456)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 511097
    Compiler 19557
    Location code 34002456Kabeljous River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2025-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:40
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 524
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather was very good for counting. Sunny and light winds. I recorded the Tibetian Sand Plover (Lesser Sand Plover) as a Siberian Sand Plover. The river mouth has just (this week) closed after a prolonged open connection to the sea. The 157 unknown birds (waders) were all at rest with their heads tucked in and could not be identified properly.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Marietjie van Niekerk
     
    2406Maggie Langlands
     
    11507Jean Cook
     
    14677Peter de Wet
     
    14678Cecile de Wet
     
    22916Susan Louckx
     
    23082Sandy and Andrew Sieborger
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    0Unknown, Unknown
    (Unknown Unknown)    		1570
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		160
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		190
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		130
    234Plover, Siberian Sand
    (Charadrius mongolus)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		250
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		190
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		310
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		70
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		500
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		130
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		260
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		530
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		50
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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