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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng
    Card 992
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 1997-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 40
    Total Count 326
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High 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
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		370
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		190
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		70
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		430
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		200
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		60
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		170
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		330
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		40
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		110
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		190
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		60
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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