Dampoort Dam (28112429) | |
|---|---|
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 |
|---|
| Date_registered |
| 1996-01-25 |
| Brief_description |
| A farm dam with open shoreline, some habitat for shorebirds and no fringing vegetation. Counts are available for 1996 and 1997 and show mainly small numbers of 25 species; large totals were obtained only for Dabchick and Egyptian Goose, while Whitebreasted Cormorant, South African Shelduck, Yellowbilled Duck, Cape Shoveller and Redknobbed Coot were recorded in numbers ranging from 10 to 22 birds; all these counts were in winter. The relatively high count in winter 1996 was due to the large number (212) of Egyptian Geese. Very small numbers of Greater and Lesser Flamingo, and Yellowbilled Stork, have occurred. Movements possibly occur between this site and Spitskop Dam. Grazing and trampling by livestock constitute a significant threat; human disturbance is a mild threat. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | , Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 256 | , Ruff | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 100.60 | 493 | |||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 3.00 | 4 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 80.08 | 611 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 5.93 | 22 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 3.55 | 10 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 9.80 | 33 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 4.50 | 8 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 4.73 | 10 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 3.38 | 13 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 25.42 | 84 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 2.33 | 4 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 2 | 74.38 | 368 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 10.40 | 28 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 23.39 | 68 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 2.67 | 5 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 3.75 | 10 | |||
| 64 | Heron, Black | Egretta ardesiaca | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 1.20 | 2 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.89 | 3 | |||
| 62 | Heron, Squacco | Ardeola ralloides | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 6.17 | 24 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 1.75 | 4 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 2 | 8.50 | 53 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 2.17 | 4 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 2.14 | 4 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 2 | 3.50 | 5 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 4 | 40.00 | 87 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 32.67 | 226 | 210 | ||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 13.69 | 65 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 3.75 | 12 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 13.09 | 53 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 2 | 51.38 | 174 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 1 | 4.00 | 9 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 8.25 | 27 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 2 | 16.27 | 101 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 3 | 35.29 | 152 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 2 | 12.30 | 57 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 2.64 | 8 |
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