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Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)
Gauteng
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment
Management status	PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status	PROTECTED
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Date_registered
1998-07-25
Brief_description
Infestation of Water Hyasinth is a major problem in this dam.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.30	3
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	4.61	16
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	2.67	5
66	Bittern, Dwarf	Ixobrychus sturmii	2	2.00	2
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	2.38	7
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	429.65	2165
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	8	119.13	461
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	4	149.93	495			130
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	10.93	68
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	3	59.73	191
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	4.66	15
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	1	1.94	3
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	4	4.00	4
10005	Duck, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	2.33	4
10034	Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billed	Anas platyrhynchos x undulata	1	2.17	3
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	1.00	1
1017	Duck, Mandarin	Aix galericulata	1	1.50	2
10003	Duck, Muscovy	Cairina moschata	2	2.00	2
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	1	2.14	5
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	52.62	552
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	1	101.75	431
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	3.07	11
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	2.80	15
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	13.19	55
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	34.34	708
213	Finfoot, African	Podica senegalensis	1	1.00	1
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.92	6
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	3.33	7
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	1	6.95	31
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	100.75	280
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	2.38	8
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	1	1.00	1
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	7.59	32		25
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	102.91	842	500	250
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	1.00	1
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	33.59	115
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	3.44	10
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	2.52	10
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	2.08	8
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	6.22	29
14879	Heron, Little	Butorides atricapilla	7	7.00	7
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	8.33	33
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	6.58	40
63	Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)	Butorides striata	1	5.74	20
10011	Heron, Unidentified	Ardea sp.	4	4.00	4
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	27.04	173
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	16.72	58
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	14.62	50
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	12.09	45
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	2.28	6
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.87	5
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	8.23	27
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	4.83	28
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	1	34.27	104
10015	Mallard, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.57	3
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	23.45	153
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	6.30	45
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.00	1
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	1.00	1
41	Pelican, Pink-backed	Pelecanus rufescens	1	1.00	1
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	3	5.00	7
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	5.81	48
1332	Pochard, Red-crested	Netta rufina	1	1.00	1
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	2	19.76	170
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	2	2.00	2			-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	2.00	6
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	3.50	14
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	2	2.00	2
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	2	5.18	15
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	1.00	1
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	8.78	39
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	4.60	15
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	3.41	16
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	1.33	2
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	5.40	9
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	7.95	31
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	2.00	3
295	Tern, Sooty	Onychoprion fuscatus	1	1.00	1
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	2	30.67	52
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	17.86	66
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	119.50	768
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	6.00	30
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	2.80	6
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	10.55	54

Thursday 10 September 2026 03:00
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Roodeplaat Dam (25382821)

Gauteng

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