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    Hartebeesdraai Farm Dam (28082615)

    Free State
    Card 502272
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28082615Hartebeesdraai Farm Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2011-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:50
    End time 09:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 136
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam full. Weather good. Most of count done, as always, with scope on tripod on bridge and road running through dam. Breeding records: Littel Grebe - adult with 3 young (c.1/2 adult size); Red-knobbed Coot - 2 adults settled on nests, probably incubating.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		40
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		61Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		100
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		110
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		10
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		70
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		160
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		232Probably Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		160
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		40
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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

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