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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape
    Card 504286
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-06-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:27
    End time 14:45
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 329
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes First CWAC done by boat. Because of height of reeds, wetland/vlei not always visible. We did NOT count round the island opposite Kliphoek . Saw 2 different colonies/roosts of Black-crowned Night Herons
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		230
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		290
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		560
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		210
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		130
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		230
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		240
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		130
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    169Harrier, Black
    (Circus maurus)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		90
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		190
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		350


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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