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    Loch Athlone (28162819)

    Free State
    Card 510778
    Compiler 2043
    Location code 28162819Loch Athlone (Free State)
    Start date 2024-07-13
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:30
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 2100
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Extensive veld fires burnt all the surrounding vegetation and parts of the fringing reeds, including a section used by several species to roost and nest in summer.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		850
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		110
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		290
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		400
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		70
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		670
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		250
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		100
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1000
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		16000
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		300
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		230
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:37
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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