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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape
    Card 505442
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 248
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very dry. Could drive though vlei with 4x4. No wind. HOT.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Marie Malan
     
    14166Jan Kotze
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		650
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		130
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		400
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		250
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		70
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		150
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		70
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 08:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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