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    Welbedacht Dam (29522653)

    Free State
    Card 503832
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29522653Welbedacht Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2013-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:45
    End time 13:50
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 641
    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 Weather good. Very little water in some of the bays, including the Caledonia section on the E side. Reeds and willows continue to invade this silted dam. Caledonia section and W side covered from vehicle, stopping periodically to scan with binoculars and/or scope.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		12736Confirmed Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3220
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		210
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		420
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		160
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		150
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		380
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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