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    Nqweba Dam (32132432)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 506017
    Compiler 1476
    Location code 32132432Nqweba Dam (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2016-02-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 797
    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 Water level of the dam is low so little food for the coot, etc
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		190
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1110
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1230
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30Possibly Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		200
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		750
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		420
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2000
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		500
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		300
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		380


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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