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    Welbedacht Dam (29522653)

    Free State

    Card 500212
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29522653Welbedacht Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2008-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 16:10
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 1055
    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
    Notes This State dam continues to get silted up, and invaded by reeds and willows. The "track" up the western side is no longer maintained and is becoming impassable (even with a 4x4) - I may have to leave out a section of the middle of the west side in future. Count tackled as before, from a vehicle and on foot, starting with the "Caledonia" section of the east side, and then the west side, starting from the southern end. The Palaearctic waders were on islands in the middle of the dam, and could not be reliably identified (probably Ruff, Little Stint and Curlew Sandpiper).
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B.D. Colahan
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    80
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    160
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    2910
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    700
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1860
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    4560


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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