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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng
    Card 517
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 1995-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 1020
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		150
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		240
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		290
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		110
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		80
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		620
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3250
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		300
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		190
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		180
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		690
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		70
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		420
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		670
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		510
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		620
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		70
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		100
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		100
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		180
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		120
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		370
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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