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    Kamfers Dam (28402446)

    Northern Cape
    Card 504217
    Compiler 2194
    Location code 28402446Kamfers Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2012-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00
    End time 18:15
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 8541
    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. Flamingos are normally not counted during CWAC as the count tends to be severely inaccurate, as the species is best counted using aerial photography. Rough estimates were made, however, which are as follows: lesser flamingo (15 000) and greater flamingo (250). 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)    		8430
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		3120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		570
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		310
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		2070
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		350
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1280
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		1510
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		350
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		160
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		5640
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		950
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		380
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		2970
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		1620
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		2130
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		13970
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		140
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1400
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		40
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		6260
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1000
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		180
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		410
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		4680
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		23570
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1370
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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