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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 507475
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2017-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:45
    End time 10:17
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 834
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		900
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		120
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		50
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		100
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		100
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		190
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1820
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		910
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		440
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		510Confirmed Breeding
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		290
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1780
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		90
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		20


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 03:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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