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    Jakkalsvlei (32051819)

    Western Cape
    Card 511099
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 32051819Jakkalsvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:15
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 133
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 13Dam/barrage construction
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Overcast with fresh NW wind. kelp gulls breeding ( one pair ) with 3 adult chicks is a first for the vlei .
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		12Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		50
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		60
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		481Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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