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    Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

    Gauteng
    Card 510089
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26412753Leeukuil Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2023-07-07
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:14
    End time 10:06
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 2302
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Misty and cold at start of count. Bad smoggy haze and glare off water. Rubble dumped on road verges and extensive dumping of domestic waste throughout grassland around pan. Parts of grassland graded suggesting further development planned. Footprint of cattle kraals expanded. Seeps flowing in several areas and strong inflow of raw sewage.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		1710
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		4410
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		240
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		280
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		320
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		850
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		320
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		690
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		570
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		310
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		490
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		240
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		3070
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		50
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		180Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		650
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		6160
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		770
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		230
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		600
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		60
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:33
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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