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    Suikerbosrand Drainage (26302815)

    Gauteng
    Card 504459
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26302815Suikerbosrand Drainage (Gauteng)
    Start date 2013-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:25
    End time 13:40
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 361
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Rained off-and-on throughout the day. Some dams nevertheless still "dry". Elandsvlakte wetland was not counted. Wetland is largely inaccessible in summer. As it is mostly vegetated counts are not accurate enough to be meaningful unless a rope is dragged through it.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		200
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		880
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		370
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		70
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1380
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10


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    Tuesday 30 April 2024 12:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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