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    Loch Athlone (28162819)

    Free State

    Card 511452
    Compiler 2043
    Location code 28162819Loch Athlone (Free State)
    Start date 2025-07-13
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 1306
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    200
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    350
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    250
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    40
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1500
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    100
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    500
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    9500
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    100


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    Wednesday 16 July 2025 01:35
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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