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    Berg River 8: Kruispad Floodplain (32521815)

    Western Cape
    Card 501960
    Compiler 574
    Location code 32521815Berg River 8: Kruispad Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-07-31
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:45
    End time 12:15
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 136
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Marsh Harrier (one pair) breeding in reedbeds - taking in food. Purple Heron - possible breeding pair - returning regularly to same place in reedbeds.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		430
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		90
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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