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    Klipdrif Dam (26362718)

    Gauteng

    Card 507995
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26362718Klipdrif Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2018-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:57
    End time 00:45
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 48
    Total Count 2659
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water at lowest levels since counting initiated. Some bays too shallow to access by boat and had to be counted from a distance. Water very choppy in places.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    310
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    1140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    580
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    120
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    130
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    80
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    180
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    70
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    110
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    1680
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    370
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    420
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    3770Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    1620
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    600
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    850
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    330
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    280Confirmed Breeding
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    210
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    140
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    3640
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    2470
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    60
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    500
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    1590
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    600
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    100
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    370
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    710
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    530
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    1220
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    1200
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    150
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    110
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)
    10


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    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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