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    Philippi Wetlands: Ottery Rd B (34001831)

    Western Cape
    Card 504637
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 34001831Philippi Wetlands: Ottery Rd B (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-10-23
    Season OOther
    Start time 11:15
    End time 12:05
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 1091
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes About 50% of the area that floods seasonally was covered with water.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		440
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2750
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		130
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		363Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		144Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		530
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2012Probably Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		380
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		420
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2910
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 03:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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