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Rockwall Dam (25302712)
North West
CWAC status	NEWLY REGISTERED
Authority	Birdlife Rustenburg Club
Management status	PRIVATE
Conservation status	Not protected
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Date_registered
2016-08-29

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
256		Calidris pugnax	2	15.40	44
72		Scopus umbretta	2	3.67	5
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	8.00	16
66	Bittern, Dwarf	Ixobrychus sturmii	1	1.00	1
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	2	2.00	2
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	9	133.68	472
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	2	26.11	59
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	6	97.84	521			130
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	2.20	3
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	2	2.00	2
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	2	2.00	2
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	2	7.44	21
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	2	5.80	11
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	7.00	42
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	3	5.00	7
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	2	13.71	36
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	38.11	222
14799	Egret, Yellow-billed	Egretta brachyrhyncha	2	2.00	2
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.00	1
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	18.00	52
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	34.86	106
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	1	1.00	1
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	15	63.58	166
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	3.50	7
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	49.35	138
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	1.00	1
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	5	34.83	133
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	7.00	30
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.50	5
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.00	1
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	20.22	63
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.10	6
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	2.67	5
63	Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)	Butorides striata	1	2.00	3
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	2	15.64	50
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	9.42	32
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	2	2.89	8
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	2.75	5
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.33	2
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	2.00	4
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	4.00	10
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	2	3.80	10
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	15	41.95	96
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	5.17	13
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.00	1
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	1.00	1
41	Pelican, Pink-backed	Pelecanus rufescens	1	1.67	2
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	1	2.67	4
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	5.83	10
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	15.00	29
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	4	19.50	58
282	Pratincole, Black-winged	Glareola nordmanni	1	1.00	1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	2.75	6
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	1.50	3
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	7.78	23
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	2.00	2
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	1	10.85	39
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	5	14.28	39
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	2	14.56	51
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	18.13	62
73	Stork, Marabou	Leptoptilos crumenifer	1	1.00	1
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	2	24.25	67
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	2	2.00	2
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	2	6.40	12
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	16.27	76
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	33.24	114
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	24.79	163	135	68	20
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	5.75	13
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	8	32.33	99
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	1.00	1
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	9.83	30

Sunday 23 August 2026 10:43
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Rockwall Dam (25302712)

North West

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