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    Rusfontein Dam (29182637)

    Free State
    Card 502323
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29182637Rusfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2011-02-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:45
    End time 13:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 1685
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam 70% full. Weather good. Egyptian Goose Broods: 1 adult + 6 young (class Ib), pair + 4 young (class Ib), pair + 10 young (class IIb).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		300
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		220
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		190
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		220
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		3350
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2343Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		240
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		30
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		460
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		80
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		120
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1670
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		40
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		310
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		70
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		6390
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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