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    Klipvoor Dam (25102751)

    North West
    Card 510577
    Compiler 2230
    Location code 25102751Klipvoor Dam (North West)
    Start date 2024-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 876
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 20Pollution by fertilizers
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes There was lots of algae blown into the bays.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2230Lesley Cornish
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		35610Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		860
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		130
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		310
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		310
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		90
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		40
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		21Probably Breeding
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1750
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		20
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		170
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		251Confirmed Breeding
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		70
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		70
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		550
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		240
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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