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    Rockwall Dam (25302712)

    North West

    Card 512095
    Compiler 11753
    Location code 25302712Rockwall Dam (North West)
    Start date 2024-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 1502
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Andries Roesch
     
    0Naomi Sauerman
     
    0Shaun McGillewie
     
    0Wilma du Ploy
     
    0Wynand Sauerman
     
    20427Charles Foot
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    60
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    1830
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    530
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    510
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    30
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    280
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    330
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    270
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1520
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    30
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    4720
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    50
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    650
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    580
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    440
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    230
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    110
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    1330
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    990
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10


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    Saturday 28 March 2026 09:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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