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    Berg River 11: Doornfontein Floodplain (32521819)

    Western Cape
    Card 504285
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32521819Berg River 11: Doornfontein Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-06-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 12:30
    End time 14:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 148
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes First survey CWAC I conducted from the water! Visited the natural pan on foot. Pan full, but NO BIRDS! The Grey-headed Gull flew overhead over 'n stretch of water behind us. Must be use to anglers?! The highlight of this trip was the two Secretary Birds.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		600
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 02:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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