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    Radyn Dam (33181845)

    Western Cape

    Card 511291
    Compiler 45
    Location code 33181845Radyn Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 13:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 2901
    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 A pair of Great Crested Grebe were nest-building on a large expanse of floating vegetation.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Felicity Ellmore
     
    0Peter Nupen
     
    0S Schmidt
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    120Possibly Breeding
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    120
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    210
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    160
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    60
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    5570
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    14910
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    3380
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    270
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    340
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1750
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)
    10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    210
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    900
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    290
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    160
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    210


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    Friday 04 April 2025 07:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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