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    Goedehoop Dam (24312802)

    Limpopo
    Card 500796
    Compiler 2220
    Location code 24312802Goedehoop Dam (Limpopo)
    Start date 2009-02-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:25
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 162
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Because of very good rains, there is an abundance of bulrush and reeds along the shoreline covering a fair part of the open water as well.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Prinsloo
     
    0B. Brits
     
    0B. Cairns
     
    0I. Brits
     
    0J. Cairns
     
    0J. de Beer
     
    0J. Heymans
     
    0J. van der Walt
     
    0L. Snyders
     
    0M. van der Walt
     
    0R. Snyders
     
    0S. Smilde
     
    0T. de Beer
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		70
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		60
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		160
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		200
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		130
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    170Harrier, Montagu's
    (Circus pygargus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		120
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		130
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		140
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Monday 15 December 2025 12:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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