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    Lake Chrissie (26193013)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 502233
    Compiler 1511
    Location code 26193013Lake Chrissie (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2011-07-31
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 14:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 427
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There was heavy mist until 09:30. The mornning count was conducted without the aid of the telescope, but the afternoon count had a telescope.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		140Probably Breeding
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		850
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		290
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		720
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		910
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		260
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		90
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		20


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    Tuesday 04 November 2025 10:22
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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