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    Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

    Gauteng
    Card 502982
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26412753Leeukuil Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2013-07-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:21
    End time 09:52
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 2711
    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 Usual problems continue including dumping of rubble and refuse within the pan catchment, litter, intensive cattle grazing in seepage wetland areas and inflow of sewage with stormwater. A pack of dogs was also seen roaming the shoreline. The weather was extremely cold with an icy wind; glare off the water was bad initially.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		4650
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		3000
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		220
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		120
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		380
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		230
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		830
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		550
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		460
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		2080
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		760
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		1720
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		490
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		9570
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		470
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		130
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		350
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		210
    1332Pochard, Red-crested
    (Netta rufina)    		30
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		20
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		50


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:20
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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