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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng

    Card 678
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 1996-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 233
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    100
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    30
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    170
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    370
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    90
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    160
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    30
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    90
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)
    20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    550
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    50
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    90
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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    Sunday 24 November 2024 01:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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