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    Lake Heritage (25572751)

    Gauteng
    Card 9444
    Compiler 889
    Location code 25572751Lake Heritage (Gauteng)
    Start date 2008-01-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00 AM
    End time 09:15:00 AM
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 224
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		3915Confirmed Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		110
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		697Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		71Confirmed Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		420
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Friday 24 October 2025 08:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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