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    Lake Chemchem (03124002)

    Kenya
    Card 508193
    Compiler 10723
    Location code 3124002Lake Chemchem (Kenya)
    Start date 2004-01-31
    Season KEquatorial
    Start time 7:55am
    End time 10:45am
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1173
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 7 bird traps seen for herons etc. 36 fishermen actively fishing in water.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Jonathan Baya
     
    0Jonathan Mwachongo
     
    0Willy Kombe
     
    10723Colin Jackson
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		40
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		440
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1420
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		160
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		150
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		90
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		730
    74Openbill, African
    (Anastomus lamelligerus)    		1310
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		830
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		460
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		1360
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		790
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		250
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		660
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		150
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		170
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		360
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1500
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		240
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		50
    902Tern, Gull-billed
    (Gelochelidon nilotica)    		80
    933Gull, Black-headed
    (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)    		210


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 12:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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