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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng

    Card 6408
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2005-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:40:00
    End time 07:30:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 238
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    50
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    40
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    450
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    70
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    200
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    1250
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    30Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    40


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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