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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape
    Card 508279
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2020-02-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:40
    End time 12:45
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 578
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes One of the new owner's representative not very co-operative which made counting difficult.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    14165Vivian Marais
     
    14166Jan Kotze
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		90
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		170
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		210
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		370
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		150
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		350
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1070
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		380
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		220
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		410
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		290
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		930
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		180
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		170
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		230
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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