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    Rockwall Dam (25302712)

    North West
    Card 506898
    Compiler 13316
    Location code 25302712Rockwall Dam (North West)
    Start date 2018-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:35
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 556
    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
    Notes The level of Rockwall Dam is at about 29 % at present, it has been extremely hot and there has been very little rain.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		390Probably Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		810Probably Breeding
    73Stork, Marabou
    (Leptoptilos crumenifer)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		240
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		120
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		30Probably Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1660Probably Breeding
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		90
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		100
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		610Probably Breeding
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		620
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		50
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		190
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		220
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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