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    Van Ruyssen Dam (24003105)

    Limpopo
    Card 505024
    Compiler 1371
    Location code 24003105Van Ruyssen Dam (Limpopo)
    Start date 2015-07-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 508
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1030
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		230
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		150
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		440
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		250
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		150
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		320
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		230
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		300
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1180
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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