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    Galeshewe Dam (28412440)

    Northern Cape
    Card 512337
    Compiler 73
    Location code 28412440Galeshewe Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2025-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 08:35
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 0
    Total Count 0
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes By foot, with binos and scope. Fine and clear, warm. Water quality still poor; raw sewage flowing in from Galashewe.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		160
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		680
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		420
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		130
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		100
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		80
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1450
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		60
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		180
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    1031Lapwing, Spur-winged
    (Vanellus spinosus)    		20


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    Sunday 07 June 2026 09:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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