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    Welbedacht Dam (29522653)

    Free State
    Card 5600
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29522653Welbedacht Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2004-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 16:10:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 1141
    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 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		180
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		180
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		721Confirmed Breeding
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		260
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		130
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3920
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		30
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		630
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		90
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		180
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		3550
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		510
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		90
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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