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    Aston Lake  (26152831)

    Gauteng
    Card 508039
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26152831Aston Lake (Gauteng)
    Start date 2016-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:44
    End time 11:20
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 2787
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		260
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		5560
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1220
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4820
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		910
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		890
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		400
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		100
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		70
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		110
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2970
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		160
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		830
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		2780
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2490
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		3170
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		600
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		180
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		40


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    Thursday 05 February 2026 03:33
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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