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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape

    Card 500747
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:50
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 45
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 439
    Wetland Condition 5Dry
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very strong dry wind.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0E. van der Linde
     
    0G. van Wyk
     
    0M. Malan
     
    0M. Schreuder
     
    0N. McKenzie
     
    0V. Marais
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    300
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    260
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    100
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    70
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    2940
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    70
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)
    40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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