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    Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

    Gauteng

    Card 505264
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26412753Leeukuil Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2015-07-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:14
    End time 10:08
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 41
    Total Count 4128
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Bad glare at start of count; fishermen active with nets along edge of dam; lots of litter along shoreline
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    750Confirmed Breeding
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    700
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    4020
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    900
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    960
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    160
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    160
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    310
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    150
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    450
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    280
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    600
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    60
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    110
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    170
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    1230
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    720
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    170
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    670
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    26250
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    430
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    590
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    100
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    190
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    200
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    370
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    110
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    10


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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