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    Rynfield Dam (26092821)

    Gauteng

    Card 511283
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26092821Rynfield Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-03-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:12
    End time 12:56
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 271
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The Rynfield Dam (upper dam) was counted from C.R. Swart Park and the former Victor Penning Bird Sanctuary (lower dam) from the walkway on the wall of Rynfield Dam. Scope required.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1600
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    200
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    200
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    190
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)
    150
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)
    10
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)
    10


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    Tuesday 15 April 2025 01:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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