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    Voelvlei Dam (33221903)

    Western Cape
    Card 5433
    Compiler 228
    Location code 33221903Voelvlei Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2004-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 7657
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		200
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		67400
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		8500
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		260
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		80


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    Monday 26 January 2026 01:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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