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    Rockwall Dam (25302712)

    North West

    Card 512077
    Compiler 11753
    Location code 25302712Rockwall Dam (North West)
    Start date 2020-07-25
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:15
    End time 10:15
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 874
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 21Pollution by mining
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    0W Sauerman
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    1210
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    600
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    410
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    420
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    190
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    300
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    50
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    460
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    180
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    280
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    270
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    260
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    160
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    80
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    380
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    270
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    590
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    280
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    180
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    510
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    370
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    400
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    220
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)
    20


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    Monday 06 April 2026 02:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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