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    Kei River Estuary (32402821)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512333
    Compiler 195
    Location code 32402821Kei River Estuary (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:10
    End time 12:52
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 438
    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 mouth to Nthombe Kei by boat courtesy of Richard and Penny Jaffe. Lower estuary covered on foot.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		180
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		270
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		60
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		310
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		320
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		300
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		290
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		80
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		30
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		110
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		150
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		200
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		160
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		170
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		100
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		470
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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