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    Leeupan (29082541)

    Free State
    Card 503946
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29082541Leeupan (Free State)
    Start date 2011-08-15
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:55
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 463
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pan nearly full. Day cold, but calm. 6 Egyptian Geese arrived at 09h35, but didn't stay. Red-knobbed Coot nesting: Adult incubating 7 eggs at 10h45; nest a mass of sedge stems c.5 m from northern shore.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		820
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		500
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		140
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		440
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2031Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 02:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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