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    Springfontein Dam (32192238)

    Western Cape

    Card 2256
    Compiler 39
    Location code 32192238Springfontein Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 1998-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:15:00
    End time 12:50:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 806
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    150
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    130
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    700
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    50
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    150
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    450
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    270
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    480
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    190
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    1280
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    100
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    230
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    620
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    640
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    620
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    1400


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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