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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape

    Card 3427
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2000-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:30:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 268
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    360
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1000
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    130
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    270
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 12:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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