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    Soetendalsvlei (34431958)

    Western Cape
    Card 500672
    Compiler 2189
    Location code 34431958Soetendalsvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 208
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The area was extremely wet and very difficult to access due to the large amounts of rainfall over this period of time. It was very overcast on the day of the count.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B.Elliot
     
    0F.Lukas
     
    0S.Schröder
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		560
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		100
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    169Harrier, Black
    (Circus maurus)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		150
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		50
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		110
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		70
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		60


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    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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