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    Witbank Dam (25532918)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 1920
    Compiler 2129
    Location code 25532918Witbank Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2005-07-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 616
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		540
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		150
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		463Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		90
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1022Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		215Confirmed Breeding
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		30
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		170
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		80
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		514Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		880
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		180
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		110
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		680
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		50


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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