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    Berg River 11: Doornfontein Floodplain (32521819)

    Western Cape
    Card 510576
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32521819Berg River 11: Doornfontein Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:50
    End time 10:50
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 509
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Black mussel shells were freshly dumped along access road. Result more than 100 Sacred Ibises were feeding there. Weather cool and windy. Small pan north of natural pan had water, waders present. Manmade pan only mud - nota single bird! Only mud tracks of cattle in extensive pan.
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    14166Jan Kotze
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		2000
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		370
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		550
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		100
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		470
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		50
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		280
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		70
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		140
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		20


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:00
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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