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    Klipvoor Dam (25102751)

    North West
    Card 502250
    Compiler 1917
    Location code 25102751Klipvoor Dam (North West)
    Start date 2011-07-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 14:30
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 1645
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam condition full with water still flowing over the wall. This meant no shoreline to speak of, but reed habitat along most of the water perimeter. Dam at >101%.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		1250
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		40
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		290
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		4550Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1040
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		810
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		330
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		90
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		260
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		750
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		140
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		180
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		350
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3550
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		140
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		380
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		630
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		290
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		210
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		560
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		200


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    Friday 26 April 2024 06:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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