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    Orange River: Bridge - Hohenfels (28331633)

    Northern Cape
    Card 504221
    Compiler 2194
    Location code 28331633Orange River: Bridge - Hohenfels (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2010-08-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 227
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes This count is conducted by Holger Kolberg on the Namibian side of the Orange River, from where it is easier to count than from the South Africa side, due to less riparian vegetation. This count used to be done by boat, but due to the consistently low level of water in the Orange, it has no longer been possible to do counts by boat.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		130
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		260
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		280
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		600
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		180
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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