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    Driefontein Farm Dam (33211846)

    Western Cape
    Card 502101
    Compiler 45
    Location code 33211846Driefontein Farm Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2010-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 14:00
    End time 15:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 614
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The count was undoubtedly well down due to the farmer and friends picknicking on the side of the dam and water-skiing on the open water. This would have seriously affected the numbers of waterbirds which normally sit along that edge and swim on the open water.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2200
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		170
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1360
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		260
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		340
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		160
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		160
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		170
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		390
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    261Redshank, Common
    (Tringa totanus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		420


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    Saturday 20 April 2024 01:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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