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    Berg River 5: De Plaat (32481812)

    Western Cape
    Card 1754
    Compiler 609
    Location code 32481812Berg River 5: De Plaat (Western Cape)
    Start date 2005-02-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 3023
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		360
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		360
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		490
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		5970
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		150
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		720
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1370
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		1080
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		320
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		9010
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		7790
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		960
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		270
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		90
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		170
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		160
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		200
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    294Tern, Arctic
    (Sterna paradisaea)    		10
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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