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    Rusfontein Dam (29182637)

    Free State
    Card 500205
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29182637Rusfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2008-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 12:25
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 3248
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Upeer reaches (river sections) too shallow for boat, so accessed on foot.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B.D. Colahan
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		110
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		210
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		320
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		90
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1935Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		210
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		440
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		8960
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1540
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1300
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		5050
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		6910
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		310
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		430
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		570
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		3130
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 12:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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