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    Knellpoort Dam (29462653)

    Free State

    Card 503865
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29462653Knellpoort Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2010-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:45
    End time 12:35
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 475
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid 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. Egyptian Goose brood: pair + 8 young (class llb). c.60% of Egyptian Geese moulting.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1020
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    2301Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    640
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    140
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    100


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:53
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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