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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 8137
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2006-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1126
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Highest water Hyacinth infestation to date.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		3550
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1080
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		870
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		160
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		210
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		80
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		460
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		410
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		80
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2310
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		250
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		260
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		590
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		300
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		30


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    Wednesday 10 December 2025 03:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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