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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng
    Card 318
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 1994-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 50
    Total Count 1188
    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
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		240
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		30
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		30
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		120
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		140
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		290
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		360
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		270
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		190
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		760
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		100
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		2220
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		2870
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		120
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20
    202Crake, Baillon's
    (Zaporina pusilla)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		140
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		230
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1000
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		630
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		160
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		320
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		200
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		150
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		70
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		320
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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