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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 510641
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2024-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:28
    End time 00:11
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 793
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 5Eutrophication
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very little hyacinth
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		280
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		350
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1110
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		520
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		230
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		70
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		60
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		210
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1620Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		400
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		390
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		420
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		170
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		990
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		100
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		210
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		30
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		10


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 03:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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