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    Philippi Wetlands: Varkensvlei Rd B (34021832)

    Western Cape
    Card 502504
    Compiler 73
    Location code 34021832Philippi Wetlands: Varkensvlei Rd B (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:35
    End time 11:50
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 181
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		90
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		320
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		340
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		620
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Thursday 30 October 2025 07:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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