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    Leeupan (26142819)

    Gauteng
    Card 510034
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26142819Leeupan (Gauteng)
    Start date 2023-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:14
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 963
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The site has become extensively overgrown by water hyacinth since I last counted here. Weather was poor with light rain throughout the count.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Richard Koko
     
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		100
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		120
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		40
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1510
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1070
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		380Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		160
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		140
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		190
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		530
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3870Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		470
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		380
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 07:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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