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    Erfenis Dam (28342650)

    Free State
    Card 500194
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28342650Erfenis Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2008-02-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:40
    End time 15:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 3248
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water rough most of the time; one large bay inaccessible (too shallow) - scanned from a distance. Most of unidentified Palearctic waders were feeding in short grass near the shore, in the upper reaches of the dam - probably mainly Ruff, Curlew Sandpipers and Little Stints.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0T. Molelekoa
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		150
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1320
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		630
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		9940
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1000
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		220
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1660
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		220
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		362Confirmed Breeding
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1370
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		2600
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		120
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		70
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		90
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		7100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		210
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		430
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		210
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		4010


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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