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    Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

    Gauteng
    Card 510033
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26412753Leeukuil Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2023-02-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:04
    End time 09:52
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 2905
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The wetland has a strong inflow of sewage. The shoreline is littered with waste and the catchment is used for dumping of rubble and domestic waste/
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		51Confirmed Breeding
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		410
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		320
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		450
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		110
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		60Confirmed Breeding
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1360
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1170
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		990
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		240
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		520Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		230
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		570
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		430Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1800Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1320
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		300
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		2090
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		680
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		15050
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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