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Radyn Dam (33181845)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1993-01-17
Brief_description
A farm dam with open water and muddy shoreline, a little reed cover and some grassy banks. Good numbers of Dabchick, Blacknecked Grebe, Yellowbilled Duck, Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese, and Redknobbed Coot, especially in summer. Globally significant numbers of South African Shelduck recorded in summer, but counts have declined sharply, as have summer counts of Yellowbilled Duck and Redknobbed Coot. Muddy shorelines attract good numbers of shorebirds in summer, especially Blacksmith Plover, Curlew Sandpiper and Little Stint; largest counts of Blackheaded Heron, Egyptian Goose and Whitewinged Tern in summer 1997. Inflow of fertilizer runoff poses a threat.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
256Calidris pugnax128.90300  
1016Anas platyrhynchos11.502
72Scopus umbretta11.804   
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta129.91186 125 
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1114.72630   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus122.51175   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus19.4857   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra12.003
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea118.3568   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa13.3616   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus11.001
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid11.001
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa119.92118  75
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata22.002   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata141.67400   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia11.603   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.409   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis112.1648   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.182
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus1131.9321881250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor2164.361015  600
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser domesticus11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca2395.951607   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis176.95836  710
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis115.3970   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus15.5029 25 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis144.17244   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia12.416   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii22.002   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus12.5816   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.8312   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.407   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus17.8046   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus17.0626   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash19.2149   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus368.88220   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus12.004   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax11.001   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus138.23200   
271Phalarope, RedPhalaropus fulicarius11.001
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula12.333   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius183.18624 500 
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris17.3332   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma15.5327   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.202  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea133.46140  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis12.176   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola24.6011   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana1300.151750420210500
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii132.79305 175 
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba14.0416   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus217.4781   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta179.21292   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia11.001  1
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota22.002   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis132.27312   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha112.6073   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida55.005   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus1175.55634   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus12.003   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A176.00200
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp11.001
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis111.8645
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Tuesday 02 September 2025 04:02
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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