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    Leeupan (26142819)

    Gauteng
    Card 500825
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 26142819Leeupan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2009-02-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:20
    End time 09:55
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 624
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The pans water level was very high resulting in most of the birds hiding in the long grass around the dam. A boat was also not used as normal as access was restricted by the high water level.
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Mphuti
     
    0R. Koko
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		530
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		120
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		320
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		520
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		800
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		490
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		220
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		160
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		70
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		560
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1130
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		570
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		250
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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