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    Blydschap Farm Dam (29162619)

    Free State
    Card 503852
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29162619Blydschap Farm Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2010-02-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 127
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Quite full. Hot and windy. Breeding records: Great Crested Grebe: 1of the two birds was sitting on a nest, probably incubating; Coot: 1 adult + 1chick, c.1/3 adult size, and 14 settled on nests.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		21Probably Breeding
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		860Confirmed Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		70
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		30


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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