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    Kamfers Dam (28402446)

    Northern Cape
    Card 504216
    Compiler 2194
    Location code 28402446Kamfers Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2011-02-03
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:50
    End time 15:45
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 2250
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The water level was the highest ever recorded. The flamingo breeding island was completely submerged, with 73 lesser flamingo just managing to stand on the flooded island. Kimberley has received more than the annual rainfall up to early February 2011, and hence numbers of birds may be lower than usual as birds have dispersed to temporary wetlands. Flamingos are normally not counted during the CWAC counts as they tend to be severely inaccurate, as the species is best counted using aerial photography. The estimates are as follows: lesser flamingo (50 000) and greater flamingo (250). Grey-headed gulls, cattle egret and sacred ibis appeared to be breeding in the south western corner of the dam.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		440
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		630
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		380
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		830
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		230
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		550
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		140
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1210
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		560
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		620
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		550
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1410
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1590
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		40
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		170
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		7230
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		5110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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