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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 511565
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-07-31
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:13
    End time 11:44
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1019
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes No hyacinth seen.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		2460Confirmed Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		760
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1570
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		330
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		30
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1410Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		350
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1700Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		300
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		100
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		60
    10034Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billed
    (Anas platyrhynchos x undulata)    		20


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    Monday 11 August 2025 06:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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