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    So Ver Myn Dam (28132431)

    Northern Cape
    Card 8875
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28132431So Ver Myn Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2007-02-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 14:22:00
    End time 15:10:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 831
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		150Confirmed Breeding
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1620
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		170
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		50
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		200
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		460
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1260Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		230
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		380
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		90
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		130
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		70
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		200
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		410
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		30
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		270
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		260
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		170
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		420
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 09:21
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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