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    Welbedacht Dam (29522653)

    Free State
    Card 503729
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29522653Welbedacht Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2013-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:10
    End time 14:55
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 17
    Total Count 401
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Level of water quite low. Clear, hot and windy. Dam continues to silt up and be invaded by reeds and willows. Count done using a vehicle, first to cover the Caledonia section on the E side, and then to drive up the W side, from the dam wall.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		90
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1141Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		370
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		650
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		340
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1010


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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