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    Van Ruyssen Dam (24003105)

    Limpopo
    Card 507652
    Compiler 1371
    Location code 24003105Van Ruyssen Dam (Limpopo)
    Start date 2019-02-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:50
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 718
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Genia Whatley
     
    0Peter Clote
     
    0William Hugo
     
    2074Barrie Newport
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		3790
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		250
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		120
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    73Stork, Marabou
    (Leptoptilos crumenifer)    		40
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		920
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		160
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		960
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		40


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 09:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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