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    Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

    Gauteng
    Card 510129
    Compiler 613
    Location code 25382821Roodeplaat Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2023-07-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:35
    End time 12:54
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 778
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Lots of physical removal of hyacinth in progress. Most of open water clear of weed but now shoreline piled 1 metre high in places with drying plants. Sewage inflow opposite local treatment works being contained/concentrated by floating boom. Lots of litter along shore as usual. 1 Reed Cormorant hanging dead from tree having become tangling in fishing line and hook. Cold at start with light mist.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		300
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		980
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		250
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		1070
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		60
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		240
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1490Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1090
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		130
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		590
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		320
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		110
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		40
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		50
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)    		30


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 03:37
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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