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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng
    Card 801
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 1996-07-14
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 592
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		420
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		1130
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		300
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		240
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		140
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		460
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		290
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		250
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1780
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		160
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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