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    Philippi Wetlands: Varkensvlei Rd A (34011833)

    Western Cape
    Card 505948
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 34011833Philippi Wetlands: Varkensvlei Rd A (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-10-16
    Season OOther
    Start time 9.4
    End time 10.05
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 56
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    45Otto Schmidt
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		90
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		131Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		50
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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