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    Welbedacht Dam (29522653)

    Free State
    Card 2366
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29522653Welbedacht Dam (Free State)
    Start date 1998-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:15:00
    End time 16:35:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1252
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		210
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1120
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		100
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		960
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		230
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		50
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		8420
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		180
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		470
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:15
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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