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    Athlone WWTW - Black River (33561832)

    Western Cape

    Card 502838
    Compiler 73
    Location code 33561832Athlone WWTW - Black River (Western Cape)
    Start date 2013-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:20
    End time 10:50
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 85
    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 Weather was cloudy and cold. Lots of plastic pollution and alien aquatic plant (spp?) in river which runs adjacent to WWTW on northern boundary. Clearing of wattle and port jackson along river banks had recently taken place.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    360
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    240


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 03:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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