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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape

    Card 3832
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2001-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:30:00
    End time 12:15:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 661
    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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    210
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    70
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    200
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    90
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    640
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    4000
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    450
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    60
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    30
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    40
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    40
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    120


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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