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    Aston Lake  (26152831)

    Gauteng
    Card 510023
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26152831Aston Lake (Gauteng)
    Start date 2023-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:48
    End time 11:35
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 623
    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 Mist delayed start. High water level. Inflow flooded more extensively than in previous counts. Lots of waterbirds in tall flooded grass and considerable undercount likely.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		160
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		500
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		360
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		60
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		120
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		140
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1810
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		210
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		100
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		540
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		740Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		680
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50
    10003Duck, Muscovy
    (Cairina moschata)    		20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		10
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 10:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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