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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape

    Card 3920
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2001-08-05
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:20:00
    End time 12:50:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 113
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    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
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    90
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    150
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    11Possibly Breeding
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    70
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    80


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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