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    Knellpoort Dam: Upper Reaches (29452650)

    Free State
    Card 503920
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29452650Knellpoort Dam: Upper Reaches (Free State)
    Start date 2011-08-11
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:00
    End time 10:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 13
    Total Count 73
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam full. Calm day.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		150
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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