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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 500345
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2008-08-01
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:30
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 883
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Half of the dam was inaccessable due to Water Hyacinth.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Matabane
     
    0P. Duigen
     
    0R. Koko
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		240
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		610
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		140
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		50
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		30
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		200
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		350
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		550
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		570
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		110
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		200
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3650
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		200
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		160
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		220
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 06:35
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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