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    Berg River 5: De Plaat (32481812)

    Western Cape
    Card 508262
    Compiler 1899
    Location code 32481812Berg River 5: De Plaat (Western Cape)
    Start date 2020-02-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:15
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 4185
    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 water was low at the begining and there were 100s of waders spread out over the area - difficult to count! Didn't manage to acess the end closest to the railway line.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    20350Itxaso Quintano
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		510
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		310
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		730
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		660
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		16780
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    169Harrier, Black
    (Circus maurus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		2790
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		190
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		7700
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2220
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		1620
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		60
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		980
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		510
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		260
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		380
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		190
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		5000


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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