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    Krugersdrift Dam (28522600)

    Free State
    Card 503923
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28522600Krugersdrift Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2011-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:40
    End time 14:40
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 2718
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam full. Calm at first, a bit rough later, and then calm again. Only Red-billed Teal definitely breeding: 2 adults with 3 young (Class Ilb). One of the adult Fish Eagles was perched at a nest (but not settled in the bowl) in a large willow c. midway along the southern shore, not far from the nest in a bluegum near the northern shore where they usually breed.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		390
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1550
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10130
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		250
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		5150
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1111Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		450
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20Possibly Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		7380
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		70
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		180
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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