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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape
    Card 511133
    Compiler 976
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:06
    End time 13:37
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 239
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 11Partial reclamation/drainage/ditches/land fill
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Unknown Unknown
     
    0Ian Barber
     
    976Beverley Moll
     
    2194Giselle Murison
     
    23326Philipp Grundlingh
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		300
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		240
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		240
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		90
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		170
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		120
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		120
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		40
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		220


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    Saturday 20 December 2025 08:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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