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    Verlorenvlei (32201825)

    Western Cape
    Card 8974
    Compiler 11
    Location code 32201825Verlorenvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-08-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07.34.00
    End time 12.20.00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 1271
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Verlorenvlei extremely full. First time in a number of years that it breached the sea. Flowing strongly.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		140
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		230
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		2010
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1010
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		1340
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		220
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		460
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		800
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		190
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		120
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		70
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3660
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		160
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		390
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		340
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		430


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:20
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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