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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape

    Card 507597
    Compiler 14165
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2019-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:35
    End time 10:35
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 193
    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 Tall reeds a problem.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    529Elsje van der Linde
     
    14166Jan Kotze
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    70
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    200
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    50
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    70
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    70
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    150
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    150
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    140
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    120
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    180
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    90


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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