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    Smithfield Dam (30112631)

    Free State
    Card 500239
    Compiler 24
    Location code 30112631Smithfield Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2008-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 14:35
    End time 17:05
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 2437
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Most of count done using scope on tripod, from upper reaches; most of shore covered from a vehicle. Dam wall and southernmost section of western shore inaccessible to vehicle, and checked with scope.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0L. Lund
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		70
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		240
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		520
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1181Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1340
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		910
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		100
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		9480
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		550
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		370
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		290
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1280
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		6110
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		670
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		310
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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