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    Masibekela Wetlands (25533150)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 502976
    Compiler 724
    Location code 25533150Masibekela Wetlands (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2013-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:10
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 313
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes This dam is counted by making use of kayaks. The shore is encircled by wetland vegetation, such as submerged vegetation (Ceratophyllum demersum, etc……), free floating vegetation (Nymphya lotus), free standing (Phragmites australis, Typha capensis), etc. and this makes it difficult to see which birds occur inside the vegetation. Bird observations is thus only concentrated on the birds seen and heard. Conditions make it impossible to count all the birds present. An exotic water plant by the name of Lemna gibba was observed on the dam. Conditions were quite windy.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		320
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		200
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1510
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		90
    74Openbill, African
    (Anastomus lamelligerus)    		210
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		200
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		60
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		190
    229Jacana, Lesser
    (Microparra capensis)    		140
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30


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

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