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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 3402
    Compiler 61
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2000-08-05
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 546
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		180
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		420
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		430
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		330
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		260
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		50
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		180
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1150
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		140
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		221Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1451Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 03:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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