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    Krugersdrift Dam (28522600)

    Free State
    Card 503924
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28522600Krugersdrift Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2012-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:00
    End time 17:55
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 11390
    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 quite full; cloudy and calm. Started very late because of problems with getting outboard motor started. Breeding records: Spur-winged Goose: 1 adult + 3 young (Class Ic); Egyptian Goose: 2 ad + 4 y (Ia), 7 y (Ila), unaccompanied.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1660
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1890
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		140
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		1390
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		250
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		920
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		170
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		810
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		1180
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		2781Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		7982Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		8150
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		110
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10200
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		180
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		2140
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4290
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		4100
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		60
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		50
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		610
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1190
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		55800
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1530
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		250
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1900
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		3530
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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