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    Du Toit Farm: Dam 2 (33492231)

    Western Cape
    Card 503796
    Compiler 2179
    Location code 33492231Du Toit Farm: Dam 2 (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:25
    End time 11:43
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 252
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Large total of birds made it difficult to get exact count of each species. Very hot heat wave conditions causing shimmer over water surface made counting of waders challenging on opposite shoreline. A large number of birds that included several duck species and Egyptian geese flew off as we arrived
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		160
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		440
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		330Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		270
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		490
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		150
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		340
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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