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    Krugersdrift Dam (28522600)

    Free State
    Card 503121
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28522600Krugersdrift Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2012-07-25
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:00
    End time 15:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 8706
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Clear and calm. Quite full. Water being released from the dam, so there was extensive muddy open shore.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		70
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		690
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		170
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		2220
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		39220
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1030
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2590
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		510
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		220
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		35780
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		120
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		960
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		260
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		950
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		240
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		260


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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