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    Bloemhof Dam (27412540)

    Free State
    Card 1994
    Compiler 1497
    Location code 27412540Bloemhof Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2006-03-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:10:00
    End time 17:05:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 3393
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes None
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		3300
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2520
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		1750
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		650
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		730
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		630
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		130
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		4070
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		80
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		840
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		270
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		340
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		490
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1830
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1020
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		230
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		110
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1320
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		380
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		700
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		11880
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:56
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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