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    Berg River 5: De Plaat (32481812)

    Western Cape
    Card 501096
    Compiler 1899
    Location code 32481812Berg River 5: De Plaat (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-08-02
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:45
    End time 12:45
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1407
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There were black headed herons nesting in some gum trees away from the water.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		220
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60Probably Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		180
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		220
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1000
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		590
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		460
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		100
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		7440
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		260
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		640
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		230
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		50
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		240
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		920
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		250
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200Possibly Breeding
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		320


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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