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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 8575
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2007-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 65
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 369
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		160
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		130
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		180
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		60
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		820
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		450
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		180
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		170
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		330
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		50
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		60
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		30
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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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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