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    Hartbeespoort Dam (25452752)

    North West

    Card 503148
    Compiler 10074
    Location code 25452752Hartbeespoort Dam (North West)
    Start date 2011-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 52
    Total Count 5038
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Due to heavy rains the dam was extremely full with virtually no mud flats on Southern Shore. Additional species: Swan Goose and a Ruddy Shelduck
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    5040Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    3400Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    3990Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    470Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    210Confirmed Breeding
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    250
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    520
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    15870Confirmed Breeding
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    80
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    100
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    540Confirmed Breeding
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    1190
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    470
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    4100Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    90
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1140
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    270
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    690
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    360
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    4450
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    2260
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    120
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    210
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    2820
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    140
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    290
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    280
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    50
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    200
    10003Duck, Muscovy
    (Cairina moschata)
    10
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:01
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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