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    Earlybird Dam (26552911)

    Mpumalanga

    Card 511725
    Compiler 12093
    Location code 26552911Earlybird Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2026-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:40
    End time 09:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 1279
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 16Pollution by solid waste
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    50
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    240
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    190
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    70
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    440
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    850
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    820
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    331Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    380
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    760
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    390
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    70
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    370
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    3000
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    140
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    800
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    300
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    170
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    2200
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    370
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    140
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)
    10


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    Thursday 19 March 2026 09:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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