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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 504420
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2011-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 656
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Overcast with chilly wind at times. Dam 100% full. Very little Water Hyacinth.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1340
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		640
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		330
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		140
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		120
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		40
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		50
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		240
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		860Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		280
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		80
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		100
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		410
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		770
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		820
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 08:22
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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