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    Berg River 10: Kersefontein Floodplain (32531819)

    Western Cape
    Card 509109
    Compiler 21274
    Location code 32531819Berg River 10: Kersefontein Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 271
    Wetland Condition 5Dry
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Counts conducted on foot and by car. Floodplain dry, including large pan and wetland areas at airstrip. Low water levels at heronry site; very little open water adjacent key the reedmarsh sites (saltmarsh and sedgemarsh areas dry). Cape Wagtail not counted accurately. Brown-throated Martin and White-throated Swallow also recorded. 2 x Lanner Falcon, 2 Booted Eagle and 1 x Jackal Buzzard was also observed.
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    0A Watermeyer
     
    0L Matthews
     
    0S Watermeyer
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		180
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		310
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		320
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		130
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		200
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		370
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		250
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		380
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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