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    Hartbeespoort Dam (25452752)

    North West

    Card 506379
    Compiler 10074
    Location code 25452752Hartbeespoort Dam (North West)
    Start date 2017-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 51
    Total Count 3455
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Large areas of dam covered by water hyacinth. Major pollution from Jhb side in Oc raw sewage flowing into the dam via the Crocodile river impacting on all wildlife.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Alan Newton Perry
     
    0Hein Schmidt
     
    0Jeanne van der Merwe
     
    0Marj Tunmer
     
    0Nathalie Schwinte
     
    0Peter and Jenny Achterberg
     
    0Willie Froneman
     
    2384Pieter van Heerden
     
    10073Jenny Wesson
     
    10210Renier Balt
     
    10814Gerard Schwinte
     
    12185Nanneke French
     
    12597Millene Balt
     
    15505Jo Dreyer
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    3940
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    1370
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    710
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    960
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    90
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    120
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    110
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    350
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    5340
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    460
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    110
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    120
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    50
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    3370
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    310
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    1310
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    4610
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    110
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    890
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    200
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    350
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    70
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    350
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    2520
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    3420
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    220
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    50
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    1070
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    490
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    140
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    70
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    50
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    240
    884Swan, Mute
    (Cygnus olor)
    40
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    20
    10007Swan, Black
    (Cygnus atratus)
    20
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)
    40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:31
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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