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    Erfenis Dam (28342650)

    Free State
    Card 504034
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28342650Erfenis Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2010-02-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:50
    End time 15:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1820
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Nearly full, and still filling. First half of count very rough and overcast, followed by an interval of c.2 hrs while it rained; second half calm, but still overcast.Most of the migrant waders were in short, flooded grassland in the upper reaches - some smaller ones could have been missed.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		310
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		400
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		130
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2790
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		410
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		5140
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		260
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		130
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		290
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		150
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		240
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		4500
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1840
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		250
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		100
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		530
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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