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    Mondplaas Ponds (33572458)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 512536
    Compiler 19557
    Location code 33572458Mondplaas Ponds (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2026-07-31
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:20
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 471
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Exceptional rains in the past two months have created pools and there is lots of standing water, flooding some areas that have been dry for many years.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2406Maggie Langlands
     
    11507Jean Cook
     
    12064Ron Parker
     
    14581Trish Parker
     
    19557Truus Hedding
     
    21699Inez Rossouw
     
    21870Colleen Smith
     
    23082Andrew Sieborger
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2900
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		210
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		200
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		100
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		200
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		180
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Friday 11 September 2026 10:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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