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    Klipvoor Dam (25102751)

    North West
    Card 504303
    Compiler 1917
    Location code 25102751Klipvoor Dam (North West)
    Start date 2012-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 16:30
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 989
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The dam is a 100% capacity with very little open shoreline. Most of the shoreline consists of reed and thick vegitation. The water shows signs of polution with a significant blue-green algae bloom
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		620
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1000
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1230
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		280
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		170
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		280
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		760
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1730
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		300
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		190
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		220
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		80
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1410
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		10
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		110
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		100
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		120
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		90
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		50
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		380
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10


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    Friday 19 April 2024 07:37
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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