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    Elandsvlei 414 (25592827)

    Gauteng
    Card 510444
    Compiler 14228
    Location code 25592827Elandsvlei 414 (Gauteng)
    Start date 2024-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:03
    End time 10:44
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 893
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 20Pollution by fertilizers
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The pan has been over full for the last 2 years and the hide is flooded. Count done at 5 points around the pans perimeters. Agriculture closer to Pan than previously observed.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Derek Billington
     
    12647Awie Coetzee
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		500
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		140
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		40
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		362Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		50
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		130
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		270Probably Breeding
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		20
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		80
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		6240Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		70


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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