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    Cape Recife Reclamation Works (34012541)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 500970
    Compiler 2
    Location code 34012541Cape Recife Reclamation Works (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:50
    End time 08:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 56
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Undercount of birds in reeds. Water Lettuce Pistia stratiola. Both ponds 100% covered. Birds were amongst weed - numbers very low due to lack of open water.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		61Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		150
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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