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    Driefontein Farm Dam (33211846)

    Western Cape
    Card 503893
    Compiler 45
    Location code 33211846Driefontein Farm Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-08-02
    Season WWinter
    Start time 12:00
    End time 13:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 275
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		280
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1270
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		670
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Tuesday 23 December 2025 07:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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