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    Rockwall Dam (25302712)

    North West
    Card 512081
    Compiler 11753
    Location code 25302712Rockwall Dam (North West)
    Start date 2022-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 699
    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
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Dicky Badenhorst
     
    0Estie vd Merwe
     
    0Helen Badenhorst
     
    0Jannie Jansen
     
    0Johan de Bruyn
     
    0Lesley Ryan
     
    20427Charles Foot
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		880
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		420
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		130
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		310
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		60
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		370
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		220
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		670
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		50
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		80
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1180
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		960
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		100
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		300
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		150
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		210
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 07:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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