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    Kroondal Dam (25442718)

    North West

    Card 509731
    Compiler 20427
    Location code 25442718Kroondal Dam (North West)
    Start date 2022-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:30
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 148
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Observed approximatley 18 snares placed in shallow water. - removed. Released one African Spoonbill caught in a snare. After sometime flew away.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Ingrid Smith
     
    0Shaun McGillewie
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    70
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    220
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    130
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    390
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    50Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    110
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:00
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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