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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng
    Card 2091
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 1997-07-27
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 614
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		390
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		160
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		250
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		370
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		620
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		560
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		430
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		170
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		30
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		50
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		170
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		510
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1150
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		310
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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