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    Athlone WWTW - South Ponds (33581831)

    Western Cape
    Card 505195
    Compiler 6634
    Location code 33581831Athlone WWTW - South Ponds (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-08-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 13:05
    End time 13:35
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 260
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		190
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		130
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1830


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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