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    Witbank Dam (25532918)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 4039
    Compiler 57
    Location code 25532918
    Start date 2001-07-14
    Season W
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 13:20:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 2240
    Wetland Condition 2
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4
    Count Type 2
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		31
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1960
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		102
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		210
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		370
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		790
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		451
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		10
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		330
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		5590
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1888
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		1262
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		2519
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		280
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		120
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		370
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		90
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		5250


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    Friday 30 January 2026 12:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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