Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    PetroSA Dams (34112201)

    Western Cape

    Card 8548
    Compiler 1463
    Location code 34112201PetroSA Dams (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:25:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 201
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Only one of the three dams were counted due to a chemical spill into the other two dams. They are busy cleaning the dams and they are currently empty. Also saw a lot more waders maybe because of good rains and maybe waders attracted to voelvlei.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    91Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    160
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    200
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    81Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    220
    230Painted-snipe, Greater
    (Rostratula benghalensis)
    50
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)
    10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    170
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    430
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    60
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    100
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    20


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License