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    Mondplaas Ponds (33572458)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 9344
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33572458Mondplaas Ponds (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2008-01-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:00:00 AM
    End time 08:00:00 AM
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 1088
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Lots of movement of cattle ajacent to pond - not in water
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    160
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    390
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    8000
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    330Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    90
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    20
    202Crake, Baillon's
    (Zapornia pusilla)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    120
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    110Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    400
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    180
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    70
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    100
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    70
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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