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    Welbedacht Dam (29522653)

    Free State
    Card 503879
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29522653Welbedacht Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2009-03-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:45
    End time 16:45
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 1100
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes This dam continues to get silted up, and invaded by reeds and willows. Count tackled as before, from a vehicle and on foot, starting with the "Caledonia" section of the east side, and then the west side, starting from the southern end.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		380
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2640
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		830
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2290
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		4410
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		70
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		70


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 11:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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