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    Klipvoor Dam (25102751)

    North West
    Card 511103
    Compiler 22449
    Location code 25102751Klipvoor Dam (North West)
    Start date 2025-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 75
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 349
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 5Eutrophication
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Lots of water, made counting on foot difficult. Very little shoreline, so very few waders, lots of reeds, so lots of reed habitat species. Very few duck species as well compared to normal.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Braam Luus
     
    0Britta Zawada
     
    0Ferreira
     
    0Megan Griffiths
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		420
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		210
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		30
    66Bittern, Dwarf
    (Ixobrychus sturmii)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		00
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		930
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		90
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		60
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		30
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1030
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		140
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		100
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30


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    Friday 06 June 2025 12:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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