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    Bloemhof Dam (27412540)

    Free State
    Card 2545
    Compiler 24
    Location code 27412540Bloemhof Dam (Free State)
    Start date 1998-08-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:00:00
    End time 16:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 4595
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		870
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		290
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		390
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		710
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		560
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4850
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		4350
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		6680
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		210
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1470
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		110
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		100
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		19390
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		420
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		360
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		310
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2300
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		920
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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