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    Suikerbosrand / Rietvlei Dams (32521928)

    Western Cape
    Card 8768
    Compiler 39
    Location code 32521928Suikerbosrand / Rietvlei Dams (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:15:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 262
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Some dams in the system are totally dry.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		130
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    79Stork, Black
    (Ciconia nigra)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		410Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		100
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		280
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		300Confirmed Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		220Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		70
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		550


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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