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    Klipdrif Dam (26362718)

    Gauteng
    Card 510036
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26362718Klipdrif Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2023-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:24
    End time 10:05
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 1202
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Overcast and windy with occasional drizzle
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		890Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70Confirmed Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		6190Confirmed Breeding
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		140
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		310
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		820
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		140
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		490
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		290
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		160
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		400Confirmed Breeding
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		660Confirmed Breeding
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		160
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		50
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		80
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		370
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 07:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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