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    Athlone WWTW - North Ponds (33561831)

    Western Cape
    Card 505590
    Compiler 6634
    Location code 33561831Athlone WWTW - North Ponds (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-03-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 13:10
    End time 14:40
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 499
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The causeway could not be crossed so the northernmost ponds were not counted. Lots of activities with machines and people happening in northern section caasing (lots of) disturbance.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Beth Reitz
     
    1760Fay Linder
     
    6511Gillian Ford
     
    16076Gerhard Bothma
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		220
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		41Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		90
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		530
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1050
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		600
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1930


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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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