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    Smithfield Dam (30112631)

    Free State
    Card 502329
    Compiler 24
    Location code 30112631Smithfield Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2011-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:20
    End time 16:25
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 477
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather good. Only c.25% of dam basin covered with water. Little Grebes in patches of emergent Persicarea - some could have been missed. Breeding record: 1 adult Three-banded Plover with 1 chick (c.1/3 adult size).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		110
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		300
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		990
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		220
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		140
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40Confirmed Breeding
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		400
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		670
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		70
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1220
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		50
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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