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    Mtata Dam (Umtata) (31302842)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 4434
    Compiler 1450
    Location code 31302842Mtata Dam (Umtata) (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2002-02-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 15:00:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 1502
    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 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		320
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		180
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		540
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		1450
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		270
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		280Possibly Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		8120Probably Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1480Probably Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		750Probably Breeding
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		90
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1160
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		80
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		80


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    Tuesday 23 December 2025 05:37
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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