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    Vlakplaas Water Treatment Works (26222810)

    Gauteng
    Card 2382
    Compiler 41
    Location code 26222810Vlakplaas Water Treatment Works (Gauteng)
    Start date 1998-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:30:00
    End time 14:30:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 2353
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		210
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		270
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		190
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		830
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		520
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		190
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		300
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		160
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		1170
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1270
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		310
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1970
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		11350
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		4280
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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