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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape

    Card 506193
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 10:55
    Shoreline covered 20
    Openwater covered 20
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 213
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Motor boats disturbing birds. No access to vlei. Gate locked - never before been locked. Wind northerly. Cool
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Felicity Strohfeld
     
    0Marie Malan
     
    0Suni Treurnicht
     
    14165Vivian Marais
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    50
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    160
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    380
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    230
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    830
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    50
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    80


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:19
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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