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    Leeupan (26142819)

    Gauteng
    Card 509446
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26142819Leeupan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2022-02-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 10:11
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 1452
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes A new sewer pipeline has been installed along the western side of the pan and a large area of grassland and wetland was excavated and graded in the process. Effluent is being directed into the pan in this area via and large pipe. Part of the grassy catchment has been converted to a solar farm. Water Hyacinth is growing in the shallows on the eastern and southern side of the pan. This seems to be a newly introduced alien weed and is expected to proliferate under the highly eutrophic conditions. Artisanal miners are still active in the pan catchment. A fishing camp has been established on the eastern shore.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Eunice Shirinda
     
    0Richard Koko
     
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		130
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		130
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1740Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		3600Confirmed Breeding
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		340
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		90
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		590
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1080Probably Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		350
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		310
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		310
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		230
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		250
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		300Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2050Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		730
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1280
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		60
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:25
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