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    Rockwall Dam (25302712)

    North West

    Card 512595
    Compiler 11753
    Location code 25302712Rockwall Dam (North West)
    Start date 2026-08-23
    Season OOther
    Start time
    End time
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 464
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Loraine Opperman
     
    0Marie Pieterse
     
    17086Charles Truter
     
    20427Charles Foot
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    810
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    590
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    210
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    30
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    90
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    250
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    110
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    120
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    120
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    900
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    170
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    160
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    330
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    70
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    100


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    Sunday 23 August 2026 10:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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