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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape

    Card 508640
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2020-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:20
    End time 12:20
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 760
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Vlei's surface wet, muddy and slippery
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Eike Diedericks
     
    0Jan Kotze
     
    0Pieter Diedericks
     
    0Vivian Marais
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    50
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    360
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    230
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    380
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    120
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    250
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    490
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    820
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    2240
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    170
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    240
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    280
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    110
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    40
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    420
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    230
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    390
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    160
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    80


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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