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    Smithfield Dam (30112631)

    Free State

    Card 503821
    Compiler 24
    Location code 30112631Smithfield Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2013-08-01
    Season WWinter
    Start time 14:05
    End time 15:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 1067
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes A clear, still day. Level of dam quite low. Drove along W side, stopping at intervals to scan with scope on tripod - smaller birds on the far shore could have been missed.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    10
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    320
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    2610
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    630
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1570
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    240
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    190
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1800
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    50
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    160
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    220
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    2240
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    70
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    130
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    300


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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