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    Perseverance Vleis (33502532)

    Eastern Cape

    Card 8697
    Compiler 2
    Location code 33502532Perseverance Vleis (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2007-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15:00
    End time 09:40:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 459
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pans full, starting to dry down after 4 Aug 2006 floods. Tall reeds and fresh SW wind made counting more difficult than usual.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    254Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    90
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    70
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    380
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    70
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    240
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1080
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    770
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    173Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    551Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    401Confirmed Breeding
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    100
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    90
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    134Confirmed Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)
    20


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    Friday 29 March 2024 01:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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