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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng
    Card 594
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 1995-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 1082
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		150
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		400
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		250
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		140
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2090
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		520
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		380
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		560
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		240
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		200
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		410
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		120
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		100
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		190
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		80
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		130
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		220
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1190
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1970
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		310
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		70
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		130
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		190
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20


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