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    Nooitgedacht Dam (25593004)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 502214
    Compiler 428
    Location code 25593004Nooitgedacht Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2010-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:20
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 104
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam is 98% full. Weather cloudy and hazy in beginning, but hard rain storm and thunder started at 10:20, rendering count almost impossibel. No small species could be seen on shore due to shower. Tall grass on shore line also preventing good observations.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		240
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		111Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		260
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10Probably Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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