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    Gariep Dam: East (30382550)

    Free State
    Card 503860
    Compiler 24
    Location code 30382550Gariep Dam: East (Free State)
    Start date 2010-03-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:35
    End time 15:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 1514
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather good most of the time. With the water level very high, there was not much sand/gravel available for Caspian Terns on which to nest on the two islands where they have previously bred.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		1050
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		12980
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		320
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 06:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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