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    Rynfield Dam (26092821)

    Gauteng

    Card 511596
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26092821Rynfield Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-07-10
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:20
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 141
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    220
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    340Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10
    10003Duck, Muscovy
    (Cairina moschata)
    10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)
    150


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 11:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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