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    Wortelfontein Dam (31082408)

    Northern Cape
    Card 9276
    Compiler 105
    Location code 31082408Wortelfontein Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2007-07-28
    Season WWinter
    Start time 03.08.00
    End time 03.20.00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 96
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		130
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		460
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 01:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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