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    Gariep Dam: West (30372537)

    Free State

    Card 500196
    Compiler 1496
    Location code 30372537Gariep Dam: West (Free State)
    Start date 2008-02-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 15:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 3635
    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 As preferred, two boats used, one along the southern shore, and another along the northern.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C. Botha
     
    0J. Watson
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    420
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    670
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    910Probably Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    490Probably Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    310
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    430
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    180
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    890
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    460
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    27830
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    2100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    240
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    210
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    140
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    1070


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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