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    Litaue Dam (31361812)

    Western Cape
    Card 506587
    Compiler 14671
    Location code 31361812Litaue Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:15
    End time 12:33
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 581
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Due to the ongoing drought, the dam levels are decreasing. We also had very thick fog for the first half and hour of the count.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Netta Truter
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1500
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		1190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		190
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		470
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		440
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		60
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		180
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		710
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		160
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:23
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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