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    Voelvlei (34162149)

    Western Cape

    Card 502514
    Compiler 2179
    Location code 34162149Voelvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-09-12
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 5268
    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 Voelvlei very full. This was supposed to be a winter count but had to be posyponed because some of the road were not accessible. Coot were breeding...
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    280
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    730
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    2380
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    440
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    200
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    180
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1540
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    70
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    5860
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1190
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    3920
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    770
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    320
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    5120
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    290
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    50
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    20770
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)
    40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    70
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    380
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    380
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    2700
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    230
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    1790
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    130
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    2430


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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