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    Lake Heritage (25572751)

    Gauteng
    Card 502485
    Compiler 889
    Location code 25572751Lake Heritage (Gauteng)
    Start date 2012-01-15
    Season OOther
    Start time 06:30
    End time 09:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 255
    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 A reduction in water hyacinth coverage noted, but will have to be kept in check. The occurrence thereof stems from adjoining properties upstream who cannot be bothered to remedy the situation.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		180
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		870
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		320
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		350
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		180
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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