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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng
    Card 132
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 1993-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 46
    Total Count 1875
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid 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
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		80
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		110
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		380
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		80
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		120
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		360
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		420
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		400
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		320
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		430
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		530
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		830
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		10
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		60
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		80
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		270
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1180
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		600
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		60
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		50
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		7070
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		90
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		180
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		390
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1680
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		2400
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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