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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape
    Card 3182
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2000-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 11:45:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 597
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		510
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		290
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		300
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		660
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		480
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		130
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		870
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		230
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		30
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		100
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		50
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		160
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:22
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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