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    Radyn Dam (33181845)

    Western Cape
    Card 511448
    Compiler 45
    Location code 33181845Radyn Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:00
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 775
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 20Pollution by fertilizers
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The highest winter count total since 2015, with the presence of 19 Great Crested Grebes particularly pleasing.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    45Sandy Schmidt, Daryl de Beer, Lynette de Beer
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		190
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		130
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		370
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		170
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1340
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		250
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		320
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3230
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		680
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		130
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		280
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Saturday 19 July 2025 07:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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