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    Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats & Estuary (32471811)

    Western Cape
    Card 511113
    Compiler 12757
    Location code 32471811Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats & Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 354
    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 level was very high. A black-winged Kite and Yellow-billed Kites were hovering around. quite a few White-breasted Swallows and juveniles where sitting on the jetties.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Lauren Matthews
     
    11044Linda du Plessis
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		240
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		160
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		760
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		390
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		180
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		440
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		350
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		140
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		110
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		20


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    Thursday 03 April 2025 09:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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