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    Mondplaas Ponds (33572458)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 503059
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33572458Mondplaas Ponds (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2013-07-01
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 855
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes One pond being fed dirty water from milking sheds. One pond empty. There is an indication that Black-winged Stilts are breeding but the species count is not mentioned.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    490
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    660
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    3520
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    270
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    270
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1240
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    180
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    530Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    220
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    70Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    90Confirmed Breeding
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    310
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    50


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    Friday 29 March 2024 08:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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