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    Seekoegat Dam (Potgieter Dam) (33382209)

    Western Cape
    Card 3821
    Compiler 1191
    Location code 33382209Seekoegat Dam (Potgieter Dam) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2001-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 18:00:00
    End time 19:45:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 680
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		260
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)    		230
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		2210
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1560Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		340
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		90
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		350
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		300
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		120
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		410
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		270
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		190


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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