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    Nqweba Dam (32132432)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 502729
    Compiler 1476
    Location code 32132432Nqweba Dam (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2013-02-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:15
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 35
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1178
    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 The dam has been consistently full for the past year and reed beds have encroached on previous open shoreline making it difficult to cover big areas of the dam.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		310
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1010
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1510
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		610
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		5570
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		300
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		410
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1070
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		200


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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