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    Pongolapoort Dam (27253158)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 8588
    Compiler 1656
    Location code 27253158Pongolapoort Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2007-02-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 14:30:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 1259
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    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)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		780
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		360
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		250
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		5030
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		30
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		220
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		210
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		230
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		3980
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		50
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		480
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		360
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		30
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		130
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10Possibly Breeding
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Thursday 30 October 2025 05:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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