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    Cowles Dam (26132828)

    Gauteng
    Card 3411
    Compiler 17
    Location code 26132828Cowles Dam (Gauteng)
    Start date 2000-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 293
    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
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		190
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		70
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		370
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2070
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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