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    Suikerbosrand Drainage (26302815)

    Gauteng

    Card 508443
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26302815Suikerbosrand Drainage (Gauteng)
    Start date 2020-02-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:02
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 110
    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
    Notes Many of the dams had very little standing water or were dry. Only one was rated full. The wetland at Elandsvlakte had very little standing water. The extended dry cycle continues.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Ian Davidson
     
    0Liesl du Toit
     
    0Richard Koko
     
    1764Sean West
     
    2045Rouxdene Deysel
     
    2226Daniel KOEN
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    270
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    200
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    320
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    20
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)
    30


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    Tuesday 30 April 2024 11:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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