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    Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (32511814)

    Western Cape
    Card 508966
    Compiler 529
    Location code 32511814Berg River 12: Melkplaas Floodplain (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:10
    End time 11:10
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 779
    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 Because of low tide, mudflats were very visible. Never seen it like this before. Many Greenshanks and Purple Swamphens.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    14166Jan Kotze
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		130
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		3480
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		220
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		140
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		130
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		320
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		90
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		130
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		180
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		120
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		130
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1780


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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