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    Elandsvlei 414 (25592827)

    Gauteng
    Card 504236
    Compiler 1855
    Location code 25592827Elandsvlei 414 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2011-01-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:05
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 1827
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Both pans 100% full and surrounding grass shores saturated with water with many birds hiding. So much rain has fallen that the birds have 'dispersed' to new pans.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		130
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		680
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		60
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		150
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		250
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		50
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		240
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		550
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		15000
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		260
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		40
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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