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    Blydschap Farm Dam (29162619)

    Free State
    Card 501309
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29162619Blydschap Farm Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2009-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:15
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 371
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Probably c.1/3 full. One Yellow-billed Duck gave distraction display, but no ducklings found.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80Possibly Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3220
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 12:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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