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    Welbedacht Dam (29522653)

    Free State
    Card 503943
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29522653Welbedacht Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2012-02-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 15:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 401
    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 silt up, and be 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. Breeding records: 2 Darters possibly building a nest in the willows in the large bay at Caledonia (where there is often a heronry).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50Possibly Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		140
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1080
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		620
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		890
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		890
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		90
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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