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    Athlone WWTW - North Ponds (33561831)

    Western Cape
    Card 505306
    Compiler 73
    Location code 33561831Athlone WWTW - North Ponds (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-12-17
    Season OOther
    Start time 13:10
    End time 14:40
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1024
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Some disturbance from a swan-neck crane cleaning one of the ponds
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		380
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		300
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		330
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		161Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		90
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		140
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		960
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		580
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		900
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1570
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		30
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		4210
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:23
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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