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    Sterkloop Wetlands (24362924)

    Limpopo
    Card 8796
    Compiler 832
    Location code 24362924Sterkloop Wetlands (Limpopo)
    Start date 2007-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 16:00:00
    End time 17:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 114
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Due to a new earth dam upstream from these wetlands very little surface water now reaches this site - only supplied by two springs.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		370
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		280
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		70
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		140


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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