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    Knellpoort Dam: Upper Reaches (29452650)

    Free State
    Card 503919
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29452650Knellpoort Dam: Upper Reaches (Free State)
    Start date 2012-02-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:20
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 514
    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 Dam nearly full. A clear day, quite calm at start, rough later. Two broods of Egyptian Geese: 2 adults + 8 young (class Ilc); 1 ad + 7y (lc).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		280
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		240
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3052Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		830
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		90
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		140
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		90
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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