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    Paardevlei Dam (34051849)

    Western Cape
    Card 505514
    Compiler 229
    Location code 34051849Paardevlei Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2016-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1893
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Visual estimate of water level around 30%. Calm, nil wind and very bright, considerable glare due to heavy haze on the east.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0D Cooke
     
    0M L Cole
     
    229Ines Cooke
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		110
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4560
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		2200
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		830
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		710
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1430
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		150
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		120
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		100
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		260
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		140
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		5490
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		320
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		630
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		220
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		70
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 06:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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