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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng

    Card 500824
    Compiler 1764
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2009-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 10:39
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 580
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Large parts of the dam covered by water hiasinth.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A. Matabane
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    1460
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    740
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    230
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    130
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    360
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    130
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    570
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    120
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    520
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    390
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    610
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)
    10
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)
    10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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