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    Kalkfontein Dam (29322515)

    Free State
    Card 503884
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29322515Kalkfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2010-02-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:50
    End time 15:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 2392
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Level lower than in winter. Very hot, calm. A section of the upper reaches, up to the bridge, was inaccessible by boat. Most of this was checked from the bridge with a scope on a tripod - with only 9 birds seen, I didn't bother to walk to the section not visible (takes about another hour). Egyptian Goose broods: 1 adult with 6 young (class IIc) and 2 adults with 5 young (class IIa).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1800
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		590
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		270
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		130
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		450
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		240
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		220
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		9702Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1220
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		180
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		220
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		530
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1180
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		30
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1410
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		130
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		950
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		2540
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1280
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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