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Radyn Dam (33181845)

Western Cape

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status PRIVATE FARM
Conservation status UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
1993-01-17
Brief_description
A farm dam with open water and muddy shoreline, a little reed cover and some grassy banks. Good numbers of Dabchick, Blacknecked Grebe, Yellowbilled Duck, Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese, and Redknobbed Coot, especially in summer. Globally significant numbers of South African Shelduck recorded in summer, but counts have declined sharply, as have summer counts of Yellowbilled Duck and Redknobbed Coot. Muddy shorelines attract good numbers of shorebirds in summer, especially Blacksmith Plover, Curlew Sandpiper and Little Stint; largest counts of Blackheaded Heron, Egyptian Goose and Whitewinged Tern in summer 1997. Inflow of fertilizer runoff poses a threat.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta11.804   
1016Anas platyrhynchos11.502
256Calidris pugnax128.90300  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta130.81186 125 
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1110.68630   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus123.32175   
47Cormorant, White-breasted Phalacrocorax lucidus19.0657   
203Crake, BlackZapornia flavirostra12.003
216Crane, BlueGrus paradisea117.5560   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa11.364   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos11.001
10005Duck, HybridAnas hybrid11.001
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa120.30118  75
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata22.002   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata143.38400   
149Eagle, African FishHaliaeetus vocifer11.202
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia11.603   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta13.409   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis111.7248   
86Flamingo, Greater Phoenicopterus roseus1131.9321881250625750
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor2164.361015  600
10004Goose, DomesticAnser anser11.001
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca2390.641607   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis170.52836  710
5Grebe, Black-neckedPodiceps nigricollis115.6270   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus15.0829 25 
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis146.02244   
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia12.416   
289Gull, Hartlaub'sChroicocephalus hartlaubii22.002   
287Gull, KelpLarus dominicanus12.5816   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
169Harrier, BlackCircus maurus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala12.8212   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea12.337   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus17.6346   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus17.3826   
84Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash19.5249   
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus11.001
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus370.21220   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus12.004   
42Pelican, Great WhitePelecanus onocrotalus139.45200   
271Phalarope, RedPhalaropus fulicarius11.001
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula12.003   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius185.09624 500 
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris17.0632   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma15.5327   
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos11.202  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea136.17140  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis12.176   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola24.6011   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana1299.311750420210500
94Shoveler, CapeSpatula smithii131.41305 175 
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba14.0816   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus217.6481   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta180.73292   
80Stork, WhiteCiconia ciconia11.001  1
99Teal, Blue-billedSpatula hottentota22.002   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis132.84312   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha111.9573   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida55.005   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus1175.55634   
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus12.003   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A176.00200
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp11.001
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis111.9245
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Thursday 28 March 2024 04:20
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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