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    Loch Lotus Dams (34081959)

    Western Cape
    Card 505113
    Compiler 2112
    Location code 34081959Loch Lotus Dams (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-07-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 557
    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 All dams overflowing & adjacent low lying areas completely submerged! Strong, cold wind blowing. Geese gathering where cows were being fed maize silage.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		21
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		770
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		800
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		910
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		800
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		460
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		690
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		160
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		160
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		300
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		21
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		21
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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