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    Aston Lake  (26152831)

    Gauteng

    Card 508038
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26152831
    Start date 2015-08-05
    Season W
    Start time 08:42
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 2220
    Wetland Condition 2
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3
    Count Type 5
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0
    Notes Cold
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    360
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    300
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    210
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    70
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    2340
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1020
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    180
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    150
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    1020
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    310
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    380
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    90
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    520
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    14130
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    390
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    180
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    50


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    Friday 30 January 2026 02:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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