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    Kalkfontein Dam (29322515)

    Free State
    Card 503917
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29322515Kalkfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2011-08-10
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:10
    End time 15:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 2244
    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 Level of water still quite high - high enough to allow me to get access the northern pan section in the boat. Quite rough to start with, calm later. Grey Herons at two heronries: one on rocky island off E shore of dam, southern half of dam, where there were 11 adults at 5 nests, three of which had an adult settled (probably incubating or brooding small young), and the other on two small rocky islands next to the large island towards the northern end of the dam, where there were 18 adults at 9 nests, 3 of which had eggs (5 in one, 3 in another, and at least 3 in the last). There were 3 adult Goliath Herons at the first heronry, and nest containing one egg; and, there were also 2 adults at a half-built nest in a tree in the waterc.5 m from the W shore, southern half of the dam. So, possibly 14 pairs of Grey Herons and 2 of Goliath.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		130
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		600
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		3214Confirmed Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		182Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		430
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		730
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		11430
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		620
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		130
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1530
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1190
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		50
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1600
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		570
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		2190
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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