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    Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

    Gauteng

    Card 509753
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26412753Leeukuil Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2022-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:40
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1516
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Lots of litter, also algal scum, sewage, rubble and cattle grazing.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    1600
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    2050
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    340
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    220
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    1700
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    270
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    180
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    300
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    250
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    220
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    100
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    2440
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    450
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    1950
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1880
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    540
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    130
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    50


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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