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    St Helena Mine Dams (28012642)

    Free State
    Card 503116
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28012642St Helena Mine Dams (Free State)
    Start date 2012-08-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:15
    End time 10:55
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 3007
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Clear, windy. All five dams full and overflowing. S end of southernmost dam extends as far as the access road. Rushes and bushes partially flattened at that pan and more shoreline and open water visible than usual. This pan was scanned from a fresh pile of rubble placed over the old, sealed ventilation shaft (to make it inaccessible to illegal miners). The second-last pan (from the S) is still covered with emergent sedge, but these have died back and are now quite sparse. There was much movement of birds between the ponds, so some birds could have been missed, and others counted more than once.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		920
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10590
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		3060
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		5530
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		130
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		2320
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		3160
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1060
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		440
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		360
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		220
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		766Probably Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		160
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		120
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		210
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		190
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		450
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 09:21
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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