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    St Helena Mine Dams (28012642)

    Free State
    Card 501302
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28012642St Helena Mine Dams (Free State)
    Start date 2009-02-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:15
    End time 11:40
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 268
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes All five dams were overflowing. Because of the wet conditions the northernmost dam was not very accessible - most of the count there was done by scanning from vantage points at the N end. The fourth dam (from the N) is being invaded by sedges (up to c.1 m high), reducing visibility of the open water. Black-headed Herons were possibly on nests in Typha bed on W shore of top dam.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70Possibly Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1490
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		110
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		80
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		390
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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