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    Korsman Bird Sanctuary (26112818)

    Gauteng
    Card 512463
    Compiler 14228
    Location code 26112818Korsman Bird Sanctuary (Gauteng)
    Start date 2026-07-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:30
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 469
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 2 teams circled the pan on foot, in opposite directions.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Bruce Meyer
     
    0Dewald Zeelie
     
    0Emily Featherston
     
    0Jonathan Featherston
     
    0Pieter Engelbrecht
     
    15570Jane Trembath
     
    16833Linda Stracker
     
    22436Charles Nel
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		70Possibly Breeding
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		860
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		360
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		610
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		420
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		370Probably Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		120
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		970Probably Breeding
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)    		10


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    Monday 27 July 2026 09:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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