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    Knellpoort Dam: Upper Reaches (29452650)

    Free State
    Card 503731
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29452650Knellpoort Dam: Upper Reaches (Free State)
    Start date 2013-02-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:35
    End time 11:05
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 325
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes With dam not full, water confined mostly to the old river course. Persicarea (Snotterbel) growing in the shallows along most of the shore.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		260
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1520
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		210
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		950
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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