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    Lake Heritage (25572751)

    Gauteng
    Card 504021
    Compiler 889
    Location code 25572751Lake Heritage (Gauteng)
    Start date 2011-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 09:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 202
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Overcast with intermittent rain. Heavy rainfall in the dam's catchment area had been recorded during the last month. Water hyacinth still evident along entire northern bank and dense growth within narrow river feed vicinity.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1140
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		220
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20


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    Wednesday 01 May 2024 06:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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