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    Athlone WWTW - North Ponds (33561831)

    Western Cape

    Card 505017
    Compiler 73
    Location code 33561831Athlone WWTW - North Ponds (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 13:05
    End time 14:10
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 551
    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 Partly cloudy to cloudy with cold breezy NW wind, ahead of cold front. Visibility was good though.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    120
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    1230
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    230
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    160
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    170
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    60
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1021Probably Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    160
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    1180
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    520
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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