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    Bloemhof Dam (27412540)

    Free State
    Card 501280
    Compiler 1497
    Location code 27412540Bloemhof Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2009-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:45
    End time 17:40
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 4573
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J. van der Walt
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		19120
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		4420
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		2510
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		1270
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		550
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		1790
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		780
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		210
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1160
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		200
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		230
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3600
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		180
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		150
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		980
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		170
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		540
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		830
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1090
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		730
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		4870
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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