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    Rusfontein Dam (29182637)

    Free State

    Card 5043
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29182637Rusfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2003-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:40:00
    End time 13:25:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 4725
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    810
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    350
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    110
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    370
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    140
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    111Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    5784Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    710
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1420
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1480
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    451Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    14460
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    860
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    5290
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    9730
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    1370
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    60
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    780
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    2390
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    70


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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