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    Kalkfontein Dam (29322515)

    Free State
    Card 501311
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29322515Kalkfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2009-08-21
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:20
    End time 15:40
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 4439
    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 Very calm most of the time. Some sections of shore examined from a distance, to avoid flushing geese. White-breasted Cormorants very skittish - some probably missed, and others re-counted. Not able to get the boat all the way up the Riet River section - later done on foot.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		360
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		660
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		3860
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		210
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		620
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		180
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		180
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		390
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10380
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1860
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		440
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		160
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		430
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		18080
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		2570
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		160
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		800
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		100
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1610
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		210
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		330
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		170
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		140
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:21
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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