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    Mondplaas Ponds (33572458)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 6890
    Compiler 301
    Location code 33572458Mondplaas Ponds (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2006-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:15:00
    End time 08:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1676
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70Probably Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		13420
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		80
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		210
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		50Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		160Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		640
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		370
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		390
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		180
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		70
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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