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    Kei River Estuary (32402821)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512332
    Compiler 195
    Location code 32402821Kei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:35
    End time 12:42
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 228
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Covered from the mouth to Umthombe Kei by boat courtesy of Richard and Penny Jaffe. The lower estuary was covered on foot.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0 P. Jaffe
     
    0R. Jaffe
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		700
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		380
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		50
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 10:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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