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    Sterkloop Wetlands (24362924)

    Limpopo
    Card 500835
    Compiler 832
    Location code 24362924Sterkloop Wetlands (Limpopo)
    Start date 2009-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 283
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes First Maccoa Duck on the Polokwane plateau for at least 12 years.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J. Grosel
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		280
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		130
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		260
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		680
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		60
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		170
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		140
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		220
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70
    10005Duck, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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