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    Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

    Gauteng
    Card 500340
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 26412753Leeukuil Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2008-07-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:15
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1744
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very heavy mist in the early morning.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Mtabane
     
    0C. Briss
     
    0R. Deysel
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		1630
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		2420
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		270
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		210
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		670
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		460
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		520
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		730
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		270
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		210
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		8500
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		490
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		170
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		210
    1017Duck, Mandarin
    (Aix galericulata)    		10


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