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    Berg River 13: Springersbaai Floodplain (32481813)

    Western Cape
    Card 504289
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32481813Berg River 13: Springersbaai Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-06-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:45
    End time 09:25
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 103
    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 Whole length of river at farm Springersbaai by boat. 50% of bank on foot. A reliable source, living at Kruispad, reported seeing the Palmnut Vulture there on 3 July 2014. Additional non water birds:Spotted Thick-knee, Pied Crow, Yellow Canary,Levaillant's Cisticola, Black-shouldered Kite and Large-billed Lark.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		390
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		50
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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