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    Allemanskraal Dam (28182712)

    Free State
    Card 500189
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28182712Allemanskraal Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2008-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:40
    End time 14:05
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 3612
    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 An active heronry in the trees on the largest island, lower reaches. Nests unfortunately very difficult to see clearly, but there were at least a few well-grown chikcs of Reed Cormorants and Cattle Egrets, and 1 Black-headed Heron nest with 1 well-grown chick. Also present: Sacred Ibis, Grey Heron and African Darter.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B.D. Colahan
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		7410Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		590Probably Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		130Probably Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		330
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		14900Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		340Probably Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		350
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		9201Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		530
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		441Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		3270
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		220
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1500
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		2140
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		850
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		180
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		200
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		10


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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