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    Klipdrif Dam (26362718)

    Gauteng
    Card 508428
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26362718Klipdrif Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2020-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:25
    End time 10:31
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 1274
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Light harsh
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		560
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		50
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		50
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		220
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		180
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1950Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		300
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		130
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		190Confirmed Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		10
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1480
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		170
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		3600
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1100
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		480
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		150
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		290
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		890
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		140
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)    		70


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 07:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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