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    Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

    Gauteng
    Card 509157
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26412753Leeukuil Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2021-07-27
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:33
    End time 10:35
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 1798
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very cold; harsh glare off water. Threats include: Sewage inflow, fish harvest with nets, more extensive dumping of rubble and domestic waste that in previous years when already very bad, encroachment of surrounding grassland by houses and cattle kraals.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Andries Mputhi
     
    0Richard Koko
     
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		1380
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1370
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		490
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		200Probably Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		110
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1110
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		390
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		491Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		580
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		640
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		290
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		350
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		100
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		3230
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		160
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		860
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3070
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		590
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		410
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		270
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		300


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 12:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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