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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape

    Card 2443
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 1998-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 14:00:00
    End time 17:50:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 228
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    140
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    120
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    140
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    210
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    140
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    200
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    60
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    280
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    140
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    150


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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