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    Berg River 8: Kruispad Floodplain (32521815)

    Western Cape
    Card 511134
    Compiler 976
    Location code 32521815Berg River 8: Kruispad Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:50
    End time 11:20
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 268
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 6Agriculture along drying margings
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Reeds along the river quite high and dense
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Lizette Nel
     
    0Marianna Vallely
     
    20519Ettienne Kotze
     
    20826Rocco Nel
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		270
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1220
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		40
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Saturday 07 June 2025 07:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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