Rooipoort Nature Reserve: Grootdam (28432415) | |
|---|---|
Northern Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Northern Cape Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation |
| Management status | PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
|---|
| Date_registered |
| 1996-01-22 |
| Brief_description |
| A small farm dam on Rooipoort Nature Reserve, with an open shoreline, muddy water and a few fringing trees and shrubs. Counts in 1996-97 yielded small numbers of five bird species in summer and nine in winter, when in 1997 Dabchick, Yellowbilled Duck and Threebanded Plover made up 80% of the highest count of 37 birds. No threats have been identified. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 1 | 6.33 | 12 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 4.56 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 4.17 | 10 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.80 | 3 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 2.33 | 3 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 2.27 | 6 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 2.17 | 7 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 6 | 6.00 | 6 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 2.83 | 6 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 2.11 | 4 |
Wednesday 17 December 2025 06:16
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department
of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
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