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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng
    Card 511320
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-02-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:29
    End time 10:14
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 497
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 17Pollution by industrial waste
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes More than 70 % of count area covered by hyacinth. The terns were mixed with an estimated split of 50/50
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		980
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		150
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		670
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1400
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		1400


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    Saturday 19 April 2025 06:10
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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