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    Aston Lake  (26152831)

    Gauteng
    Card 508043
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26152831Aston Lake (Gauteng)
    Start date 2018-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:50
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1160
    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 Tall vegetation forms a screen along parts of the western shoreline; ducks and geese potentially hidden in flooded vegetation on eastern shoreline.
    Survey notes


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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		330
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		70
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		390
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3870Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		520
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		340
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		260
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		50
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		40
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    199Crake, African
    (Crecopsis egregia)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3520
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		1270
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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