Klawervlei (34021845) | |
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Western Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | UNKNOWN |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1995-02-23 |
| Brief_description |
| Farm dam with fringing reeds and formerly up to 25% cover of floating alien Parrot-feather Myriophyllum aquaticum. Attracts a reasonable selection of waterbird species, none in large numbers; commonest species in summer are Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese, and Blacksmith Plover; in winter Cattle Egret, Yellowbilled Duck and Redknobbed Coot; small numbers of Ethiopian Snipe occur in summer. Decline evident in number of species and total counts; reason suggested (G. Lamont) for this is recent removal of Parrot-feather manually, and of this and other fringing water plants by herbicide. Although Parrot-feather normally considered a threat (e.g. see Paarl Sewage Works), observations at Klavervlei suggest it may attract birds by providing cover and harbouring invertebrate food. African Jacana no longer occurs but was formerly seen on Parrot-feather, as was single Baillon's Crake; Ethiopian Snipe, Black Crake, Purple Gallinule, Moorhen and Redknobbed Coot were probably attracted to it, and any unusually high numbers of Spurwinged and Egyptian Goose and Yellowbilled Duck tended to concentrate among it. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 30 | 30.00 | 30 | |||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 7.44 | 40 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 4.10 | 9 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 2.43 | 6 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 1.57 | 3 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 5.19 | 16 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 4 | 13.19 | 40 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.15 | 2 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.13 | 2 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 10.62 | 70 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.13 | 2 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 19.19 | 300 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 2 | 18.00 | 112 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 3.09 | 12 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 4.11 | 10 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.31 | 3 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 1.31 | 3 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 63 | Heron, Striated | Butorides striata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 5.30 | 17 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 5.00 | 9 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 4.47 | 22 | |||
| 228 | Jacana, African | Actophilornis africanus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 396 | Kingfisher, Half-collared | Alcedo semitorquata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.31 | 2 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 8.42 | 50 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 3.89 | 13 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.78 | 3 | |||
| 42 | Pelican, Great White | Pelecanus onocrotalus | 1 | 8.00 | 29 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 1.75 | 3 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 3.33 | 8 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 6.50 | 15 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 5.22 | 22 | |||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.38 | 4 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 291 | Tern, Common | Sterna hirundo | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 2.31 | 4 |
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