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Aston Lake (26152831)
Gauteng
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2019-09-03

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.00	1
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	5	7.75	13
256		Calidris pugnax	4	109.00	317
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	4	32.00	60
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	9	274.26	1413
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	2	13.52	50
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	29.87	113
199	Crake, African	Crex egregia	1	1.00	1			-1
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	2.00	4
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	9.44	36
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	3	3.00	3
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	2	2.00	2
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	3	39.20	200
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	13.33	45
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	3	35.60	57
10003	Duck, Muscovy	Cairina moschata	2	2.00	2
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	3	7.40	20
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	1	6.00	16
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	15.50	69
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	7	63.78	328
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.00	1
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	2.57	7
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	2.57	7
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	6.55	20
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.27	2
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	107.29	556
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	41.40	122
10016	Flamingo, Unidentified	Phoeniconaias sp.	15	15.00	15
205	Flufftail, Red-chested	Sarothrura rufa	1	1.00	1
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	1	1.43	3
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	12	248.78	791
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	160.83	1251			710
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	4	21.00	36
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	2	7.93	19
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	19.82	90
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	1.33	2
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	4.31	18
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.00	1
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	5.15	21
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	11.33	134
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	3.08	8
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	2.00	5
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.43	4
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	16.60	56
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	7.56	24
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	43.55	422
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	5.46	18
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	2.86	7
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.43	3
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	2.00	6
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	2	7.50	17
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	18	43.96	95
10015	Mallard, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	2	2.00	2
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	10.30	59
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	3.25	6
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	2.00	3
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	2	7.75	16
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	3.94	12
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	3	19.74	88
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	1	1.00	1			-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.00	1
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	278	278.00	278
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	1.00	1
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	1.50	2
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	4	37.80	112
1342	Shelduck, Common	Tadorna tadorna	1	1.00	1
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	1	20.06	91
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	2.29	4
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	5.50	19
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	6.00	20
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	16	114.00	249
80	Stork, White	Ciconia ciconia	17	17.00	17			1
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	1.00	1
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	4.54	17
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	2	21.73	100
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	8.29	31
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	74.87	563
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	1.00	1
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	32.76	238	150	75	85
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	1.00	1
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	2	2.67	3
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	5.10	14

Friday 07 November 2025 11:40
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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