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    Kwena Dam (25213022)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 502973
    Compiler 724
    Location code 25213022Kwena Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2013-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 562
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam 100% full. Overflow. Sesbania punicea an alien invasive plant species, infests the shores of this dam. Pontaderia sp. noticed at Crocodile river inflow. Very exciting to have seen the Red Phalarope!
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		680
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		150
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1460
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		580Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		70
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1590
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		260
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		100
    271Phalarope, Red
    (Phalaropus fulicarius)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		100
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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