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    Klipdrif Dam (26362718)

    Gauteng
    Card 507293
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26362718Klipdrif Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2018-07-25
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:15
    End time 22:51
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 82
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 2179
    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 Boat was not working; count done by walking and driving accessible shoreline and scanning with a scope
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1030
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1370
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		30
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		180
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3300Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		190
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		800
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		410
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1910
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		200
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		100
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10440Confirmed Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		120
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		410
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		140
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		20


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