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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape
    Card 5452
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2004-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 504
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		220
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		160
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		280
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		380
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		270
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		160
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		730
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		160
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		250
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		300
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		240
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		40
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		30
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		120
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		600


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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