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    Moorddrift Dam (24152858)

    Limpopo
    Card 7051
    Compiler 268
    Location code 24152858Moorddrift Dam (Limpopo)
    Start date 2006-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 17:30:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 2062
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water extremely low. Muddy shore with very little vegetation cover nearby, reeds a considerable distance above the shoreline and no place to hide for skulkers:crakes, rails etc (even moorhens)
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		820
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		590
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		150
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		40
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		200
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		600
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		470
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		650
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		230
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		720
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		10
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		9590
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		270
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		380
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		800
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		30
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		460
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		310
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		580
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		230
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		330
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		2080
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		100
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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