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    Cape Recife Reclamation Works (34012541)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 8125
    Compiler 2
    Location code 34012541Cape Recife Reclamation Works (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2006-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 18:15:00
    End time 19:15:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 265
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water lettuce now under biological control. Top pond clear since July 2005, bottom pond 15% covered ( was clear Jul-Dec 2005).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		181Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		200
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		150
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		550
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		310
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		50
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		790
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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