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    Suikerbosrand / Rietvlei Dams (32521928)

    Western Cape

    Card 9237
    Compiler 39
    Location code 32521928Suikerbosrand / Rietvlei Dams (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-08-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10.00.00
    End time 02.00.00
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 357
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High 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)
    50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    140
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    260
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    370
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    260
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    250
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    320
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    660
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    160
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    710


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    Wednesday 04 December 2024 11:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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