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    Berg River 10: Kersefontein Floodplain (32531819)

    Western Cape
    Card 511340
    Compiler 21274
    Location code 32531819Berg River 10: Kersefontein Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-07-28
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:00
    End time 13:10
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 241
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 7Excessive livestock trampling/grazing
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Still, light rain. Heavy rain the previous night. Recent flooding (2nd 1:50 or 100-year flood in 2 years), ground saturated, water levels very high. Could only cover half of the site (did not survey heronry route - no vehicle access possible).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		400
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		180
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		190
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		30
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		490
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		180
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		230
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		70
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		120


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    Saturday 07 June 2025 12:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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