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    Bellair Dam (33422035)

    Western Cape
    Card 3893
    Compiler 1003
    Location code 33422035Bellair Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2001-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 2347
    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
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		570Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2180Possibly Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120Possibly Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70Possibly Breeding
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    79Stork, Black
    (Ciconia nigra)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		730
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		210
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1470Possibly Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		8000Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		2600
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		600Possibly Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1400
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		630Possibly Breeding
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		400Possibly Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1700Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		800Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		390Confirmed Breeding
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		410
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		530
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60Possibly Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		340


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    Sunday 07 December 2025 01:07
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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