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    Philippi Wetlands: Varkensvlei Rd B (34021832)

    Western Cape
    Card 504312
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 34021832Philippi Wetlands: Varkensvlei Rd B (Western Cape)
    Start date 2014-07-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 12:00
    End time 12:10
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 133
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The area that floods was about 90% covered.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		560
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		360


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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