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    Welbedacht Dam (29522653)

    Free State
    Card 501332
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29522653Welbedacht Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2009-08-05
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:35
    End time 16:45
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 687
    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 dam continues to get silted up, and invaded by reeds and willows. 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. White-breasted Cormorants breeding in the usual place, in some willows growing in the water of the bay at Caledonia - 23 active nests counted.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		470
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		6923Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1700
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		330
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1450
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		200
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		190
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		810
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		70
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		440
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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