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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 503742
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2014-01-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:38
    End time 10:21
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1150
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Overcast and cool initially; hot and brighter towards the end
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1360
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1090
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		310
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		290
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		130
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		60
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		190
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1670
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1250Confirmed Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		570Confirmed Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1850
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		540
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		530
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		870
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:31
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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