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    Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

    Gauteng
    Card 507339
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26412753Leeukuil Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2017-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:36
    End time 08:48
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 41
    Total Count 1329
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Overcast, cold and windy. Water is bright green at inflows and smells terrible. Lots of litter and other waste along shoreline.
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    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		180
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		910
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		860Possibly Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		40
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		340
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		240
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1230
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		200
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		40
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		150
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3420Confirmed Breeding
    230Painted-snipe, Greater
    (Rostratula benghalensis)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		640
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		250
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		50
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		90
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1470
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		2160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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