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    Litaue Dam (31361812)

    Western Cape
    Card 505675
    Compiler 14671
    Location code 31361812Litaue Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-07-13
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:25
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 315
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The dam wall is being raised and huge vehicles, tractors and people are working on three quarters of the shoreline. Very little waders. An irrigation system is also being built between the river and the dam. Work will continue for another 2 months according to the owners.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		210
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		160
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		590
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		310
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		240
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		200
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		220
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		300
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:19
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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