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    Rustig Dam (25462936)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 2421
    Compiler 57
    Location code 25462936Rustig Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 1998-01-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 09:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 641
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    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)    		50
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		860
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1260
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		190
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		160
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		320
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		80
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1960
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		610
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		320


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 11:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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