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    Berg River 13: Springersbaai Floodplain (32481813)

    Western Cape
    Card 505802
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32481813Berg River 13: Springersbaai Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:35
    End time 10:17
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 101
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes River inaccessible. Vlei inundated. Weather fine: no wind, no rain, no heat, no fog. Youngest participant Cara Smith, a 10yr girl. Her first encounter with CWAC.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Cara Smith
     
    14165Vivian Marais
     
    17058Marie Malan
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		200
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		130
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:07
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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