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    Leeukuil Dam (26412753)

    Gauteng
    Card 511605
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26412753Leeukuil Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-07-30
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:10
    End time 11:18
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 1789
    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 Municipal sewer uncapped by contractor during the count allowing raw sewage to flow into the dam unimpeded. This together with marked increase in dumping of rubble and other waste reported to the Green Scorpions.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Andries Mputhi
     
    0Sello Mashiloane
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		510
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		3010
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		500Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		220Confirmed Breeding
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		110
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		40
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		190Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		450
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		190
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		190
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		360
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		150
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		220
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		280
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		190Confirmed Breeding
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		150
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1730
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		410
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		90
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		120
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		860
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		6420Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		600
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		160
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		230


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 08:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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