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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng
    Card 511597
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2025-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:15
    End time 11:27
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 742
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The wetland at the inflow to the dam was full with extensive open water. Over 50% of the dam itself was covered with water hyacinth. The reeds bordering the railway line burned prior to the count providing good visibility.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Andries Mphuti
     
    0Eunice Shirinda
     
    0Sello Mashiloane
     
    0Sipho Ndlovu
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		210
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		130
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		810
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		260
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		160
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		220
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3960
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		480
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		670
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 07:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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