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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 500180
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2008-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:04
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 547
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Extensive Water Hyacinth infestation made access to some areas of the dam impossible. Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Matabane
     
    0B. Malatji
     
    0C. Whittington-Jones
     
    0L. Labuschagne
     
    0S. West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		700
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		470
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		530
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		100
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		160
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		130
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		30
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		100
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		580
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		280
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		470
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		90
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		310
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		730
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		20
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 03:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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