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    Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

    Gauteng
    Card 510808
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26412753Leeukuil Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2024-07-11
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:14
    End time 10:10
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1693
    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 Trapping of waterbirds noted for first time at this site. RK Coot freed and two snares removed. Huge amounts of domestic waste in catchment. Major sewage inflow.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		2260
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		800
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		540
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		210
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		30
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1100Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		820
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		200
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		400
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		230
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		70
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		2360
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		420
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		80
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		210
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		750
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4510Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		670
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		180
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		270
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Monday 16 September 2024 09:31
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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