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    Berg River 5: De Plaat (32481812)

    Western Cape
    Card 501049
    Compiler 163
    Location code 32481812Berg River 5: De Plaat (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:10
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 2128
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The count started probably 1 1/2 to 2 hours too late to get the waders. Mel Trip who stayed over night in the cottages in Berg 4 saw thousands come into De Plaat on the evening tide and expected me to have difficulty with a large count. On the 26/02 (thursday) I had some Australian Birders and too them to De Plaat at 1030hrs specifically to get the area as the water cleared. There were thousands of waders present and probablly 9000 water birds. The WCBC will be trying to determine the best time for De Plaat by doing hourly counts over a tide.
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0 S. Hofmeyer
     
    0K. Harrison
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		320
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		540
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		1070
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10300
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		240
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1200
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		500
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		1890
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		790
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		260
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		130
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		3500


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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