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    Korsman Bird Sanctuary (26112818)

    Gauteng
    Card 510443
    Compiler 14228
    Location code 26112818Korsman Bird Sanctuary (Gauteng)
    Start date 2024-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00
    End time 12:10
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 477
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Walked around the outside of the fenced sanctuary with 2 excursions into the sanctuary. 2 observers travelled across the pan in a canoe.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Derek Billington
     
    0Luke Erasmus
     
    12647Awie Coetzee
     
    15570Jane Trembath
     
    16833Linda Stracker
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20Confirmed Breeding
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1470Confirmed Breeding
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		30
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		200
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		410Probably Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		644Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		320Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		770


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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