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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape
    Card 1852
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2005-09-18
    Season OOther
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 12:05:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 190
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 6 of the Greater Flamingos were juveniles.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		260
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		280
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		130
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		160
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		50
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		100
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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