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    Rooipoort Nature Reserve: Grootdam (28432415)

    Northern Cape
    Card 500732
    Compiler 10356
    Location code 28432415Rooipoort Nature Reserve: Grootdam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 16:00
    End time 17:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 10
    Total Count 42
    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
    Notes Recent rains have fill the dam to about 50%, water very dirty with very little aquatic vegatation. Species sheet Notes
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 01:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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