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    Aston Lake  (26152831)

    Gauteng
    Card 511730
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26152831Aston Lake (Gauteng)
    Start date 2026-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:39
    End time 10:03
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 675
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Heavily overcast with wind creating choppy conditions on the open water. Extensive area of flooded grassland around inflow. Considerable undercount of ducks and coot expected.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     
    13111Natalie Horn
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		340
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		340
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		120
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		870
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1560
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		350
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		80
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		150
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		740
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		320
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		40
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		1130
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)    		20


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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