Athlone Bird Count December 2015

Common Sandpiper

photograph by Gerhard Bothma.

Thanks Gerhard for getting the Common Sandpiper pics! A new species for the site. Amazing how there is always something new at each count!
And thank you to all of you who came to help today.

We got a total 57 species.

Seq             Species
57        Fiscal, Common (Southern)
56        Pipit, African
55        Starling, Red-winged
54        Sparrow, House
53        Sparrowhawk, Black
52        Sparrow, Cape
51        White-eye, Cape
50        Canary, Cape
49        Swift, Little
48        Swift, White-rumped
47        Pigeon, Speckled
46        Martin, Brown-throated
45        Gull, Kelp
44        Kingfisher, Pied
43        Bishop, Southern Red
42        Thick-knee, Water
41        Sandpiper, Common
40        Waxbill, Common
39        Swallow, White-throated
38        Night-Heron, Black-crowned
37        Cisticola, Levaillant’s
36        Prinia, Karoo
35        Egret, Little
34        Masked-weaver, Southern
33        Plover, Three-banded
32        Crow, Pied
31        Crow, House
30        Wagtail, Cape
29        Avocet, Pied
28        Swamp-warbler, Lesser
27        Swallow, Barn
26        Duck, White-faced
25        Egret, Cattle
24        Guineafowl, Helmeted
23        Heron, Grey
22        Swallow, Greater Striped
21        Cormorant, Reed
20        Dove, Rock
19        Shoveler, Cape
18        Teal, Red-billed
17        Moorhen, Common
16        Teal, Cape
15        Lapwing, Blacksmith
14        Stilt, Black-winged
13        Ibis, Hadeda
12        Pochard, Southern
11        Starling, Common
10        Grebe, Little
9          Coot, Red-knobbed
8          Goose, Egyptian
7          Ibis, Glossy
6          Heron, Black-headed
5          Ibis, African Sacred
4          Flamingo, Greater
3          Gull, Hartlaub’s
2          Duck, Yellow-billed
1          Turtle-dove, Cape

Thank you Doug for initiating these counts at the works. Good luck with your new position in Kimberley.

Dick will be back in January 2016.

This data is submitted to the Animal Demography Unit’s CWAC and MyBirdpatch, projects.

Counts take place on the third Thursday of every month and start at 13:00.
Anyone wanting to assist should contact;
Dick Bos on 021 423 2546 or dick@bosfoto.nl alternative bosfoto@outlook.com