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    Great Fish River Estuary (33292707)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 5946
    Compiler 74
    Location code 33292707
    Start date 2004-08-27
    Season W
    Start time 10:45:00
    End time 12:45:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 416
    Wetland Condition 2
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5
    Count Type 5
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    190
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    271
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1400
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    160
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    210
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    140
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    230
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    10
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)
    10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    150
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)
    100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    390
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    250
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    70


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    Monday 27 July 2026 11:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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