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    Smithfield Dam (30112631)

    Free State
    Card 501301
    Compiler 24
    Location code 30112631Smithfield Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2009-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:45
    End time 16:50
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 982
    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 Count done later than planned because of rain.Did most of the count from upper reaches, with scope on tripod, and then drove around around most of dam to complete it. Breeding records: Kitlitzs Plover - 2 adults + 1 young (c.1/2 adult size) and 1 ad. + 1y (c.1/4 adult size).A60
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J. Lieffrig
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		110
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		90
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1510
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		250
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		240
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1500
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		100
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		350Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		540
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		3110
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1440
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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