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    Elandsvlei 414 (25592827)

    Gauteng
    Card 510822
    Compiler 14228
    Location code 25592827Elandsvlei 414 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2024-07-21
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1695
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Pan level now lower than hide. Hide is inaccessible as walkway has collapsed.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Charles Nel
     
    0Derek Billington
     
    0James Alexander
     
    0Ronel Steenkamp
     
    0Viivienne Murray
     
    12647Awie Coetzee
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1400
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		500
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		2600
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		7400
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		30
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		210
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		260
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		320
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		190
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		200
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		280
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2300
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		140
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Thursday 22 January 2026 03:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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