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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape

    Card 2866
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 1999-07-11
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:00:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 498
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)
    30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    70
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    240
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    150
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    3300
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    150
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    430
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    50


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 02:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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