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    Korsman Bird Sanctuary (26112818)

    Gauteng
    Card 508447
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 26112818Korsman Bird Sanctuary (Gauteng)
    Start date 2011-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:15
    End time 18:35
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 965
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Recapture of lost data
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Mc Letchie
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		90
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		400
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		230
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		620
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		70
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		30
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		440
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		80
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		180
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		5290
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		150
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Wednesday 07 January 2026 08:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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