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    Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats & Estuary (32471811)

    Western Cape
    Card 509083
    Compiler 12757
    Location code 32471811Berg River 3: Hotel Mudflats & Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2021-07-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 673
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Counted started off with a cold breeze but turned out to be a gorgous sunny day. Bids seem to have been hiding away, not a great variety of birds. Saw quite a few young Greater Flamingos. Some very young ones.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Jan Pienaar
     
    11044Linda du Plessis
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		1000
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		200
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		580
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1190
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		270
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		570
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		80
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1510
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		140
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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