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    Diepsloot Nature Reserve (25572800)

    Gauteng
    Card 500434
    Compiler 1980
    Location code 25572800Diepsloot Nature Reserve (Gauteng)
    Start date 2008-08-10
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 567
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Countryside very dry. It is the first time that I have seen a juvenile swamphen.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0L. Carlsson-Smith
     
    0S. Carlsson-Smith
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		560
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		920
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		350
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		560
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		140
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1940Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		350
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		300
    1332Pochard, Red-crested
    (Netta rufina)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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