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    Leeupan (26142819)

    Gauteng
    Card 508067
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26142819Leeupan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2019-08-06
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:40
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1926
    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 Reeds burnt and grazed by cattle in places so open water more visible than on some previous visits; illegal gill netting reported to Green Scorpions once again; dirty water (possibly sewage) leaking into pan at various point; illegal gold mining taking place in pan catchment; infrastructure development around pan including fence and walkway almost completed.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Eunice Shrindah
     
    0Richard Koko
     
    0Sello Mashiloane
     
    0Sipho Ndhlovu
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		50Confirmed Breeding
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		11580
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1920
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		260
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1100
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		390
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		130
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		100
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		150
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		180
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		820
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		620
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		510
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		60
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		250
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		260


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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