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    Klein Brak Estuary: Mouth - N2 Bridge (34052208)

    Western Cape

    Card 511788
    Compiler 23949
    Location code 34052208Klein Brak Estuary: Mouth - N2 Bridge (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 09:53
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 145
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 17Pollution by industrial waste
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    11619Rudi Minnie
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    200
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    330
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    70
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    130
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    230
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    160
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10


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    Friday 30 January 2026 10:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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