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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 504424
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2013-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:48
    End time 11:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1020
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Cables that previously prevented access to two inflows had sunk and these areas could be counted again for the first time in many years. The river flowing past Seekoeigat remains blocked off and was choked with Water Hyacinth. Most of this section was counted from the bird hide. Water quality remains poor and most of the dam was green with algae.Water Hyacinth was largely absent except for the Seekoeigat area and the edges of sheltered bays. Weather conditions were overcast with occasional light drizzle. Duck listed as unidentified was a male Rosy-billed Pochard, a species not listed on the drop-down menu.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		2280
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1430
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		470
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		70
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		360
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		180
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		50
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		110
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		500
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1040
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		880Confirmed Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		370
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		670
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		580
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		360
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		210
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20
    10003Duck, Muscovy
    (Cairina moschata)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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