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    Modderlaagte Dam (33062606)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 506596
    Compiler 2081
    Location code 33062606Modderlaagte Dam (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2017-07-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 15:05
    End time 15:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 5
    Total Count 22
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes At the start we use the vehicle as a hide then we get out to finalize the count for smaller birds. The farmer had been hunting near the dam so larger water birds were scare.
    Survey notes


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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		110


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    Wednesday 17 December 2025 02:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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