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    Mondplaas Ponds (33572458)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 6471
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33572458Mondplaas Ponds (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2005-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:00:00
    End time 09:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 41
    Total Count 1133
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		4460
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		360
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		130
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		190
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		150
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		560
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		720
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		70
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		140
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		70Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		320Probably Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		360Probably Breeding
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		2350
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		60
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		140
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		80
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		120
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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