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    Droevlei (33381843)

    Western Cape
    Card 504400
    Compiler 58
    Location code 33381843Droevlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 2806
    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 Perfect weather conditions apart from the heat. Amazingly lots of water in the dam despite the fact that very little rain had fallen the past 4 months. As usual in summer, lots of Egyptian Geese came flying in while we were counting.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		410
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		670
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		22000
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		310
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		130
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		320
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		300
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		320
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		80
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		450
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		451Confirmed Breeding
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		160
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		700
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		250
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		320
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		180
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		50


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    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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