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    Elandsvlei 414 (25592827)

    Gauteng
    Card 502103
    Compiler 1855
    Location code 25592827Elandsvlei 414 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2010-07-11
    Season WWinter
    Start time 06:15
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 2151
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Main pan 100% full. Surrounding grass shores saturated with water where many birds are hiding. Smaller pan is also full but still overgrown with grasses. At no point can a shoreline be discerned.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		100
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		6090
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		770
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4880
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		270
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		3150
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		970
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		600
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1420
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1080
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		16650Probably Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		130
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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