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    Welgevonden Farm Dam East (29172620)

    Free State
    Card 502357
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29172620Welgevonden Farm Dam East (Free State)
    Start date 2010-08-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:50
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 288
    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 Quite full; cold wind. Breeding: Red-knobbed Coot - 1 adult settled on a nest, probably incubating, and another 10 nests under construction.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20111Probably Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		130


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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