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    Verlorenvlei (32201825)

    Western Cape
    Card 509851
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 32201825Verlorenvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-11-17
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1590
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 13Dam/barrage construction
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		40
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		260
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		160
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3090
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		570
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		5360
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		2420
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		170
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1210
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		200
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		300
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		300
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		890
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		150


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    Friday 09 January 2026 07:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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