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    Leeupan (29082541)

    Free State
    Card 502299
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29082541Leeupan (Free State)
    Start date 2011-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:15
    End time 13:55
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1649
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather good. Probably c.95% of basin of pan covered with water, and at least 50% of the water had emergent grass - Coot in it could at times be seen only when they raised their heads, while smaller birds were only detected when they moved into more open patches. A61
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		280
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		300
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1140
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		240
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		350
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		8790
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		270
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		130
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		120
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1820
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		240
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		90
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		950
    261Redshank, Common
    (Tringa totanus)    		70
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		140
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		140
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		610


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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