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    Berg River 10: Kersefontein Floodplain (32531819)

    Western Cape
    Card 511334
    Compiler 21274
    Location code 32531819Berg River 10: Kersefontein Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:41
    End time 13:32
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 322
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 7Excessive livestock trampling/grazing
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Only half the site was counted (the house pan, heronry walk, log pan and heronry area itself). The site was flooded and inaccessible to vehicles, so the floodplain had to be walked (in places roads/ tracks covered in water up to 1m deep. Counters accompanied by farm dog - some disturbance of birds.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Jessica Wilmot
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		5828Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		270
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		330
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		330
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		180
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		230
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		260
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120


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    Tuesday 15 April 2025 12:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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