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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 504404
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2014-07-30
    Season WWinter
    Start time 06:55
    End time 11:50
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 2810
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Glare off water bad in certain sections. Water Hyacinth cover dense between floating booms on Pienaars River just north of Seekoeigat; also narrow band of Hyacinth along much of southern shore. Band of Persicaria species emerging on northern shore from dam wall several hundred metres westwards (i.e. towards rowing clubs). Hartbeesspruit and adjacent fishing area inaccessible due to usual boom across entrance to fishing bay. Bay counted from boom, but river not visible therefore total coverage estimated at only 95%.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1290
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1910Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		4610
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		950
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		100
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		120
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		110
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		70
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		220Confirmed Breeding
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		390
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1600Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1060
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		430
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		310
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		13100Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		230
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		330
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		320
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		100
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		80
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:48
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