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    Boshoff Sewage Maturation Ponds (28312515)

    Free State
    Card 507090
    Compiler 73
    Location code 28312515Boshoff Sewage Maturation Ponds (Free State)
    Start date 2018-07-14
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:05
    End time 09:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 118
    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 Raw sewage seen in most ponds; truck arrived at about 08:10 to empty sewage into main pond; water mostly untreated
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    17433Graham Steele
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		50
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		310
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		200
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		100
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		100
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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