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    Con Joubert Bird Sanctuary (26112741)

    Gauteng
    Card 511115
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26112741Con Joubert Bird Sanctuary (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:38
    End time 10:55
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 10
    Total Species 9
    Total Count 45
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The wetland is overgrown with Typha and Phragmites. Only two narrow sections of open water are visible from shoreline and surrounding road network. Google Earth images indicate that several fairly large patches of open water may still exist but the walkway that previously allowed access to these burnt several years ago and has not been replaced.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		260
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Friday 06 June 2025 10:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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