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    St Helena Mine Dams (28012642)

    Free State

    Card 500208
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28012642St Helena Mine Dams (Free State)
    Start date 2008-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:00
    End time 12:25
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 207
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dams all overflowing. Emergent marginal vegetation made complete coverage impossible from the shore. Black-headed Herons and Cattle Egrets in a small heronry in the reedbed at the southern end of the northernmost dam; too far to see nests, but they could have been breeding.A61
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B.D. Colahan
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    80Possibly Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    780Possibly Breeding
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    20
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    91Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    10
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    30
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    570
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    250
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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