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    Smithfield Dam (30112631)

    Free State
    Card 503107
    Compiler 24
    Location code 30112631Smithfield Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2012-08-01
    Season WWinter
    Start time 13:10
    End time 14:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1756
    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 Most of count done with a scope from the W side, which I drove along, stopping at intervals - some smaller birds on the E shore might have been missed. Cold with an icy wind, so there was very little "heat haze".
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		270
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1980
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		160
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		140
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		60
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		660
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		110
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		1470
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		11670
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		310
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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