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    Lake Heritage (25572751)

    Gauteng
    Card 504019
    Compiler 889
    Location code 25572751Lake Heritage (Gauteng)
    Start date 2012-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 475
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water hyacinth greatly reduced, greatest density evident at dam inlet (inaccessable area).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		300
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		2440
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		560
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		140
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20Confirmed Breeding
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		100
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		740
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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