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    Riebeeck Lake (26102741)

    Gauteng
    Card 511117
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26102741Riebeeck Lake (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:50
    End time 09:09
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 40
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes This site appears to have been abandoned. Old buildings have been gutted, roads are eroded and overgrown and the shoreline of the dam is becoming increasingly overgrown by alien saplings.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		180Possibly Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


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    Monday 14 April 2025 11:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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