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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape
    Card 503645
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-02-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:50
    End time 11:20
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 75
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 330
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Bloody Hotter! Kittlitz's pair with two chicks. 2 pairs of Spotted Thick-knees with 2 juveniles each pair. Saw same Goliath Heron twice. Saw 4 Blue Cranes at entrance of Kruispad. Bruin-throated Martin 4. Rock Kestrel at same spot where Blue Cranes are.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		240
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		230
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1500
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		150
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		120
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		130
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		130


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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