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    Kalkfontein Dam (29322515)

    Free State
    Card 501146
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29322515Kalkfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2008-07-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:30
    End time 16:50
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 5337
    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 Weather good most of the time. Unidentified waders were small ones at top of shallow bay, inaccessible by boat - probably Kitlitzs and Three-banded, but possibly also some over-wintering Palearctic ones. One pair of Goliath Herons apparently on a nest in a small dead tree in same bay, and also inaccessible.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		270
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		50
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1590
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		740
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		160
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		560
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		190
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		111Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		600
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		220
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10190
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		2400
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		1410
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		4050
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		740
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		120
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		25380
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		120
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		930
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		510
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		830
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		510
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		370
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		930


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:07
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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