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    Kalkfontein Dam (29322515)

    Free State
    Card 500198
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29322515Kalkfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2008-02-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:05
    End time 16:10
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 9343
    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 Northern pan section now just three large puddles. Unidentified Palaearctic waders on mudflats at top of bay, too far to identify with binoculars fro+A83m a boat; probably mainly Little Stints, Curlew Sandpipers and, possibly, also some Ruff.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B.D. Colahan
     
    0I. Roets
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		3180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2490
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		850
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		700
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		300
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		290
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		270
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		1170
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		240
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		13496Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		3270
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		580
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2800
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		680
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		120
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		37680
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		90
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		510
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1120
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1160
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1090
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1450
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		2110
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		3130
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		160
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		14250


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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