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    Rusfontein Dam (29182637)

    Free State
    Card 501297
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29182637Rusfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2009-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:10
    End time 12:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 1479
    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 Water level low (c.20% full) - upper reaches of the river sections checked on foot. A lot of the Kitlitzs Plovers were seen while on foot, in short grassland next to the dam, so others could have been missed from the boat. The 25 Ringed Plovers are the most Ive seen at any wetland in the Free State. Egyptian Goose breeding: 1 ad with 2 young (class Ic), 1+4y (IIc), 1+4y (Ib).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		290
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		120
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		140
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		80
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		280
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		630Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		250
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		650
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		720
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		180
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1490
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		560
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1250
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		430
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		6520
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		170
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 01:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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