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    Wilderness Lakes: Swartvlei System (34002245)

    Western Cape
    Card 760
    Compiler 10
    Location code 34002245Wilderness Lakes: Swartvlei System (Western Cape)
    Start date 1996-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:11:00
    End time 10:33:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 3631
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		320
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		200
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1520
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		300
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		7480
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1020
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		19910
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		370
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2540
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		230
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		710
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		180
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		130
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		180
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		100
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		100
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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