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    Grootfontein Farm: Dam 1 (33482230)

    Western Cape
    Card 5475
    Compiler 934
    Location code 33482230Grootfontein Farm: Dam 1 (Western Cape)
    Start date 2004-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:56:00
    End time 10:10:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 620
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		750
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1670
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		300
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3190
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10


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    Friday 30 January 2026 10:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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