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    Litaue Dam (31361812)

    Western Cape
    Card 506250
    Compiler 14671
    Location code 31361812Litaue Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 728
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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 3.4 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.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    16417Bolla Truter
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		510
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		290
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2310
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		220
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		720
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		460
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		70
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		240
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		180
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		90
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		300
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		60
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		400


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 05:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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