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    Rockwall Dam (25302712)

    North West
    Card 511517
    Compiler 20427
    Location code 25302712Rockwall Dam (North West)
    Start date 2025-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:45
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 549
    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
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Brian Davies
     
    0Brink Jordaan
     
    0Charles Truter
     
    0Gemma Davies
     
    0Linda Pretorius
     
    0Lorraine Opperman
     
    0Marelize Davies
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		280
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		180
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		70
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		440
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3240
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		260
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		110
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		50
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		80
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Saturday 21 March 2026 05:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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