Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Kalkfontein Dam (29322515)

    Free State
    Card 501289
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29322515Kalkfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2009-02-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:20
    End time 13:15
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 3286
    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 Weather good, and, with few very waders, boat count finished quickly. Level too low to go up Riet River section of dam - later scanned southern section of this with scope, from the bridge; very few birds so didnt bother to walk the rest of it. Breeding records: Egyptian Goose - pair + 2 young (class Ia), pair+1y (IIa), pair+6y(IIa), 1ad+7y(Ic), pair+5y(Ia); Cape Teal - pair+3y (IIa).
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J. van Zyl
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1530
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1250
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		830
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		210
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		220
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		540
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		240
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		12975Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		3600
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		200
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1440
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		211Confirmed Breeding
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4960
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		540
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		260
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1450
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		1820
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		160
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:10
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License