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    Verlorenvlei (32201825)

    Western Cape

    Card 511447
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 32201825Verlorenvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-08
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1193
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 13Dam/barrage construction
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes conditions good at first but quickly turning to poor when a fresh to strong NE wind {berg wind} kicked up.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    510
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)
    30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    330
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    190
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    210
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    100
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    300
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    200
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1410
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    210
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    640
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    260
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    800
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    4130
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    320
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    240
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    480
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    800
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)
    70


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    Saturday 12 July 2025 04:00
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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