Espagsdrift Vlei (27562444) | |
|---|---|
Northern Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation |
| Management status | PRIVATE FARM |
| Conservation status | UNPROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1996-01-24 |
| Brief_description |
| A farm dam, using water from the Vaalharts irrigation scheme; has submergent vegetation, a few reedbeds, some sedges, and extensive muddy shoreline. Counts for 1996 and 1997 are available. In this period 38 species were recorded, including Squacco Heron, Lesser Flamingo, Yellowbilled Stork, and Whitebacked and Knobbilled Ducks; Whitebacked Duck is always present. Most species occur in small numbers, but Redknobbed Coot occurs in good numbers in both seasons, and breeds. Some shorebirds are also quite numerous, and the highest counts of Blacksmith Plover (which breeds here), Wood Sandpiper and Ruff were recorded in summer 1997, but of Little Stint in summer 1996. Livestock grazing/trampling is an important threat; eutrophication, pollution by pesticide runoff, and overhead power lines are lesser threats. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | , Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 256 | , Ruff | Calidris pugnax | 2 | 91.94 | 765 | |||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 7.00 | 12 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 71.45 | 204 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 4.36 | 10 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 91 | Duck, Knob-billed | Sarkidiornis melanotos | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 1 | 2.60 | 9 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 4.40 | 13 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 3 | 24.52 | 114 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 2.36 | 10 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 35.87 | 168 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 8 | 32.00 | 56 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 6.05 | 26 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 6.88 | 19 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 3 | 4.33 | 7 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 1.83 | 4 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.14 | 2 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 2.14 | 5 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 9.67 | 27 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 11.95 | 70 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 3.29 | 11 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 29.07 | 161 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 6.74 | 37 | |||
| 230 | Painted-snipe, Greater | Rostratula benghalensis | 1 | 8.00 | 15 | |||
| 41 | Pelican, Pink-backed | Pelecanus rufescens | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 4.20 | 14 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 15.67 | 67 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 2.94 | 8 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 4.58 | 14 | |||
| 282 | Pratincole, Black-winged | Glareola nordmanni | 1 | 4.00 | 12 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.80 | 2 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 2 | 34.38 | 136 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 9.91 | 40 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 10.22 | 47 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 6.18 | 40 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 4.81 | 13 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 1.43 | 3 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 7.13 | 39 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 11.24 | 40 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 2 | 112.85 | 409 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 2.25 | 11 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 2 | 5.38 | 12 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 8.00 | 26 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 19.35 | 81 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 3.40 | 10 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 50.33 | 290 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 3.75 | 10 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 3.95 | 16 |
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