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    Aston Lake  (26152831)

    Gauteng
    Card 511213
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26152831Aston Lake (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:24
    End time 09:26
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 2343
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 22Overhead lines crossing/adjacent
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There was an extensive area of flooded grassland upstream of the main open water body and along eastern shore. Most of the inflow area was counted by wading through shallow water but the eastern shore was inaccessible. It is likely that ducks were undercounted.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		130
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		560
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		210
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		290
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		250
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1320
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1050
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1820
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		690
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		2000
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		730
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    205Flufftail, Red-chested
    (Sarothrura rufa)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		170
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		12980
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		340
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		80
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		60
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		10


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    Tuesday 15 April 2025 12:36
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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