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    Smithfield Dam (30112631)

    Free State
    Card 503938
    Compiler 24
    Location code 30112631Smithfield Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2012-02-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:45
    End time 12:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1174
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam full. Checked mostly from W side because E side difficult to access - some smaller birds on the E shore might have missed. Heronry in eucalypts on island in the upper reaches: White-breasted Cormorants - adults settled on two nests, possibly incubating / brooding small young; adults and / or large young on at least 11 nests. Great Crested Grebe: pair with 4 young (c. 1/2 grown).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		191Confirmed Breeding
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		220
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		810Probably Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		7211Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		270
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		140
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1110
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		780
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		280
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		850
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		130
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		5260
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		220
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		160
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		270
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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