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    Wortelfontein Dam (31082408)

    Northern Cape
    Card 4899
    Compiler 105
    Location code 31082408Wortelfontein Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2003-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 13:50:00
    End time 14:55:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 165
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    79Stork, Black
    (Ciconia nigra)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1150
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 10:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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