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    Slent Farm Dam (33381849)

    Western Cape
    Card 502380
    Compiler 171
    Location code 33381849Slent Farm Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-02-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 18:00
    End time 18:40
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 10
    Total Count 70
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam almost empty after a very dry summer - minimal birds - but lots of huge carp which are finding life very hard!
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		170
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		120
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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