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    Van Ruyssen Dam (24003105)

    Limpopo
    Card 503548
    Compiler 1371
    Location code 24003105Van Ruyssen Dam (Limpopo)
    Start date 2014-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:10
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 746
    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 Intermittent showers
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		200
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		180
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    73Stork, Marabou
    (Leptoptilos crumenifer)    		340
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		540
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		300
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		110
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2500
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1020
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		60
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		17524Confirmed Breeding
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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