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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 508695
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2020-07-31
    Season WWinter
    Start time 06:45
    End time 00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 2135
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Worst Water Hyacinth infestation that I can recall. Approximately 50% of the main body of the dam covered. Not possible to launch boat so counting done from southern shoreline.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Eunice Shrindah
     
    0Richard Koko
     
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		780
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		2140Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		390
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		920Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		290
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		180
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		40
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1730
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1060Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		990Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30Confirmed Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		190
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		11440
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		330
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		220
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billed
    (Anas platyrhynchos x undulata)    		10


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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