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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 502183
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2010-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:55
    End time 08:45
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 536
    Wetland Condition 5Dry
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very overcast and dark. Large part of dam smothered with Water Hyacinth or inaccessible to a boat due to rafts of Water Hyacinth blocking bays and launching sites.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		950Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		450
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		180
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		350
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		70
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		80
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		90
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		50
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		420
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		240
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		410
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		300
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		300
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		550
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 01:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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