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    Leeu Gamka Dam (32362201)

    Western Cape
    Card 3843
    Compiler 39
    Location code 32362201Leeu Gamka Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2001-01-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 13:15:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 41
    Total Count 2474
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Japie confirmed two Kelp Gulls were seen with a telescope. These birds might well have flown all the way up the Gouritz River. Another dead bird was reported at Noordhoek Dam a little bit south from Leeu Gamka Dam during Februarie 2001.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		130
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		1330
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1460
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90Possibly Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		290Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		970Confirmed Breeding
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1240
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		190
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		920
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		7040
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		450
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		350
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1190
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		150
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		300
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		710
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		140
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		640
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		270Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		390
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		400
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		170
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		130
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		620
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1400
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		3000


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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