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    Mondplaas Ponds (33572458)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 501996
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33572458Mondplaas Ponds (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2010-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:00
    End time 08:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 540
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There was also vast dry area of water in two of the ponds. Water level was much lower than usual in all three ponds with the fourth being totally dry.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		250
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1870
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		330
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		440
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		160
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		120
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		330
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		200
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		140
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		220
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Thursday 25 April 2024 01:37
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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