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    Mtata Dam (Umtata) (31302842)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 3849
    Compiler 1450
    Location code 31302842Mtata Dam (Umtata) (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2001-02-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:30:00
    End time 18:00:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 787
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		120
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		390
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		160
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		250
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		450
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3090Probably Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		520
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		670Probably Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40Probably Breeding
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		60
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		40
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		870
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		80
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		360Probably Breeding
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		110
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		50


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    Tuesday 23 December 2025 05:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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