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    Aston Lake  (26152831)

    Gauteng

    Card 508047
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26152831Aston Lake (Gauteng)
    Start date 2019-07-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:57
    End time 09:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 842
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very cold; water level lowest since counting at this site was initiated in 2014.
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    1764S. West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    590
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    4430
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    50
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1330
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    720
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    360
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    180
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    80
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    140


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 04:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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