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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 510915
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2024-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:14
    End time 12:16
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 1456
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water hyacinth that covered large areas of the dam in summer appears to have been cleared.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		3130
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1050
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		460
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		760
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		120
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		140
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		50
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		230
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1860Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		60
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1070
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		140
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		50
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		170
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3630Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		230
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		50
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		20
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		30


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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