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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 511125
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30
    End time 10:35
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 879
    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 The water was pea green. More rowers and motorised support boats than usual.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		360
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		500
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		320
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		130
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		30
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		60
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		160
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1430
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		510
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1500
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		440
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		90
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		740
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1650
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		220


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    Sunday 20 July 2025 10:05
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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