Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary (34061849) | |
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Western Cape | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Private |
| Management status | LOCAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
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Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1993-01-16 |
| Brief_description |
| Six ponds of an old sewage works, formerly with open water, fringing reed cover, and shorelines for waders. Reed Cormorant occurs in good numbers and breeds; good counts of Yellowbilled Duck, this and Redbilled Teal being most numerous in summer. More Cape Shoveller recorded than at nearby Paardevlei Dam. Well managed previously, attracting a variety of waterbirds and shorebirds. By 1998, 75% of open water covered by vegetation; no summer shorebirds, and fewer coot, which no longer breed. Total counts and number of species declining, summer and winter. Severe threats include encroachment of reeds, alien grass and waterplants, and lack of proper management by Somerset West Municipality in the last four years. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1016 | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 2.25 | 3 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 3 | 8.42 | 20 | |||
| 49 | Cormorant, Bank | Phalacrocorax neglectus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 45.14 | 150 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 203 | Crake, Black | Zaporina flavirostra | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 3.38 | 14 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 2.56 | 10 | |||
| 10006 | Duck, Domestic | Anas platyrhynchos domesticus | 1 | 2.29 | 7 | |||
| 10005 | Duck, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 2 | 5.50 | 9 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 3 | 26.27 | 96 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.67 | 6 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 2.00 | 6 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 1 | 3.90 | 18 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 2.00 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 3.43 | 9 | |||
| 289 | Gull, Hartlaub's | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 287 | Gull, Kelp | Larus dominicanus | 1 | 4.00 | 21 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.67 | 6 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 2.83 | 11 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.50 | 4 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 7.37 | 30 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 2.36 | 8 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 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 | 1 | 5.26 | 17 | |||
| 10015 | Mallard, Hybrid | Anas hybrid | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 4.58 | 13 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 3.96 | 11 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.33 | 6 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 4.83 | 14 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 2.17 | 4 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 2.50 | 6 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 884 | Swan, Mute | Cygnus olor | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 4.08 | 17 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 2.56 | 10 |
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