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Loch Lotus Dams (34081959)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PRIVATE LAND
Conservation status UNKNOWN
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Date_registered
2008-05-27
Brief_description
A selection of small dams next to the N2 approximately 7km east of Riviersonderend. The larger of the dams receives dairy effluent and this results in waterbirds assembling in the area. Cattle feed is available in the surrounding fields, especially during winter, and this contributes to the congregation of waterbirds.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1431.0970   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus12.176   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus11.001   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra23.004
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea248.88182 105 
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.001   
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid11.001
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata14.5012   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata892.75400   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis539.13115   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.001
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus410.5017   
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca264.33224   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis28142.86421   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis26.5012   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia11.001   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.507   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea13.179   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea22.002   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata11.001   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus115.6780   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash219.8063   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus22.002
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus240.50100   
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus23.506   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax22.754   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris23.307   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana22.002   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii510.7518   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba11.001   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus23.337   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia131.2575  1
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis415.2535   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha1037.50100   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus11.001   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis28.4020
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Sunday 08 December 2024 10:02
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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