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    Krugersdrift Dam (28522600)

    Free State
    Card 503866
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28522600Krugersdrift Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2010-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:05
    End time 13:10
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 7023
    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 Sunny & hot - a bit rough at times. Egyptian Goose broods: 1 adult + 5 young (class llb), 1 adult + 2 young (class lb).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		740
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		330
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		190
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		300
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		390
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1031Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		720
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2430
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		400
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		350
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		650
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		2360
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		56180
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		110
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		360
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		3180
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 10:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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