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    Olifantsnek Dam (25472715)

    North West

    Card 510234
    Compiler 20427
    Location code 25472715Olifantsnek Dam (North West)
    Start date 2023-02-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:15
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 95
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Mostly overcast, dam leverl more than 100%, water leverls made access extremely difficult.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Geoff Finney
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    350
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    110
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    110
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    20
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    20
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    10


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 06:33
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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