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    Rockwall Dam (25302712)

    North West
    Card 511595
    Compiler 17086
    Location code 25302712Rockwall Dam (North West)
    Start date 2025-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time
    End time
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 603
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0E van der Merwe
     
    0G Davies
     
    0M Davies
     
    0MM Pieterse
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		70
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		830
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		890
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		510
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		350
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		220
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		60
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		250
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		50
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		230
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		930
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		270
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		190
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		100
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 06:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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