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    Mondplaas Ponds (33572458)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 506856
    Compiler 12119
    Location code 33572458Mondplaas Ponds (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2018-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:00
    End time 07:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 733
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Overcast
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Friedel Niewoudt
     
    0Tielman Niewoudt
     
    1612Abel Bezuidenhout
     
    1794Hanny
     
    11507Jean Cook
     
    11769MarietteGertenbach
     
    12217Delien Vosloo
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		550
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		4500
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		150
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		90
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		170Confirmed Breeding
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		130
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		740
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Monday 08 December 2025 03:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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