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    Soetendalsvlei (34431958)

    Western Cape
    Card 8663
    Compiler 2189
    Location code 34431958Soetendalsvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-03-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 17:00:00
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 652
    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 Sunny turning to overcast by midday. Definite undercount on reed birds and waders. Reed beds too dense to get a good count.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		200
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		140
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		710
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		680
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2750
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		300
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		130
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		260
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		150
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		280
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 01:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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