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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng

    Card 510642
    Compiler 613
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2024-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:39
    End time 09:36
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 75
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 108
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    1764Sean West
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    110
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    121Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    290
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    70
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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