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    Klipvoor Dam (25102751)

    North West
    Card 6902
    Compiler 1917
    Location code 25102751Klipvoor Dam (North West)
    Start date 2006-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 14:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 1846
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The dam level had risen sharply over the two weeks preceding the count. Level had changed from 38% to 100%. This will have had a dramatic effect on the species present, particularly the large number of waders present over the December period where largely now absent.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		380Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		360
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		810
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		380Probably Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		70
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		490
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		340Probably Breeding
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		160
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		40
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		40
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		8120
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		600
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1690
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		160
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1220Confirmed Breeding
    213Finfoot, African
    (Podica senegalensis)    		20
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		260
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		51Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		512Confirmed Breeding
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		260
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		80
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		180
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		990
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		140
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		600
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20


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