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    Verlorenvlei (32201825)

    Western Cape

    Card 511093
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 32201825Verlorenvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 4355
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes clear, light SW becoming fresh later. water starting to decline . no flamingoes.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    30
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    220
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    280
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    910
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    190
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    160
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    220
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    340
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    330
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    230
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    800
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    7410
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    2130
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    460
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    380
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    420
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    850
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    490
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    30
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    210
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    520
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    22320
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    230
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    2050
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    1200
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    580
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    230


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    Friday 31 January 2025 01:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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