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    Edith Stephens Wetland Park: Retention Pond (34011831)

    Western Cape
    Card 5733
    Compiler 73
    Location code 34011831Edith Stephens Wetland Park: Retention Pond (Western Cape)
    Start date 2003-10-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:20:00
    End time 08:50:00
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 256
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		150
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		52Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		83Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		117Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		91Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		220
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1509Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 08:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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