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    Hartbeespoort Dam (25452752)

    North West
    Card 510617
    Compiler 10074
    Location code 25452752Hartbeespoort Dam (North West)
    Start date 2023-02-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:30
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 47
    Total Count 4113
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 8Hunting/trapping/poaching of birds
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Jenny Wesson
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		4520
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2530
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		3110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		600
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		370
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		70
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		410
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		12250
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		410
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		60
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		40
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		5860
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		540
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		890
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2900
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		690
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		890
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		70
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		380
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		210
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1670
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		880
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		180
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		80
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		50
    402Kingfisher, Brown-hooded
    (Halcyon albiventris)    		20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		220
    884Swan, Mute
    (Cygnus olor)    		40
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		440
    10007Swan, Black
    (Cygnus atratus)    		10


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 09:21
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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