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    Cape Recife Reclamation Works (34012541)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 501426
    Compiler 2
    Location code 34012541Cape Recife Reclamation Works (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2009-07-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:50
    End time 08:35
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 157
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Undercount of birds in reeds. Water Lettuce Pistia stratiola: Both ponds clear (a very little weed around edges) - ponds been clear of weed since about April.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		480
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		80
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		400
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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