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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 503048
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2013-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:36
    End time 11:16
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 2773
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Two dead African Darters were found in a tree on the dam edge. One had been stangled by a "noose" of fishing line while the other appeared to have partially swallowed a stocking which became entangled in the tree. Dam at lowest level in several years exposing rocky shoreline. Mud flat habitat minimal.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1150
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		4110Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2720
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		510
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		60
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		110
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		150
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		320
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		390
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		930
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2310
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		220
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		380
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		12560
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		370
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		420
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		130
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		30
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		10
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		10


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