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    Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

    Gauteng
    Card 511094
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26412753Leeukuil Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:06
    End time 09:50
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 1455
    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 Water level very high with localised flooding of surrounding grassland.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		200
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		400Probably Breeding
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		120
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		130
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		730
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		390
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		810
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		240
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1890Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		130
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		400
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		200
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		360
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		150
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		410
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		240
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		350
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		20
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		180Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		420
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2250
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		2310
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		120
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		220
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1170
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		170
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Friday 31 January 2025 02:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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