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    Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats & Estuary (32471811)

    Western Cape
    Card 509931
    Compiler 12757
    Location code 32471811Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats & Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 332
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water was very high at estuary - waders not around. Not ideal for a CWAC. 4 Canoeists rowing in and out of canalways at estuary, chasing birds up.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11044Linda du Plessis
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		170
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		200
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		150
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		100
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		120
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		350
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		300
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		250
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		200
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		40
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:35
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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