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    Springbokkamp Wetland (29062437)

    Northern Cape
    Card 512320
    Compiler 73
    Location code 29062437Springbokkamp Wetland (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:10
    End time 07:55
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 97
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Land based with binoculars and scope Excessive reed growth at fishing dam; need boat to cover area. Marsh with receding water line.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		180
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		60
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20


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    Saturday 16 May 2026 11:31
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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