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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 504422
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2012-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30
    End time 09:32
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 950
    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 Most of the shoreline choked with Water Hyacinth.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1960Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1060
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		270
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		500
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		150
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		90
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		120
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		240
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		540
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		510
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		130
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		450
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		510
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		50
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		140
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		800
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		660
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		120
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		140
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		60
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		40
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		380
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20


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