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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 510029
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2023-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:23
    End time 10:33
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 997
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes About 10% of dam surface inaccessible due to high water hyacinth infestation.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		2090
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		910
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		350
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		150
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		80
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		310
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		320
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1080Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		410
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		380
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		140
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		440
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		90
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		500
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		580
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		190
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		40
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		310
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		10


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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