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    St Helena Mine Dams (28012642)

    Free State

    Card 501328
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28012642St Helena Mine Dams (Free State)
    Start date 2009-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 13:10
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 676
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes All dams overflowing. Fourth dam (from N end) still quite overgrown with emergent sedges over most of the dam, but which is fortunately not too thick at this stage. Please dont send an ORF for the Purple Heron - that is what I saw!
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    100
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    700
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    1800
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    1920
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    600
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    80
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    100
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    70
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    140
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    520
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    60
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    150
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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