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    Driefontein Farm Dam (33211846)

    Western Cape
    Card 505459
    Compiler 45
    Location code 33211846Driefontein Farm Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 09:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 413
    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
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0F. Ellmore
     
    0S. Schmidt
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		1
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		2
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		7
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		6
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		227
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		6
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		32
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		9
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		8


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    Tuesday 23 December 2025 07:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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