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    Rusfontein Dam (29182637)

    Free State
    Card 503932
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29182637Rusfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2011-07-20
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:55
    End time 14:05
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 657
    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. Weather good at start, windy and rough by end. White-breasted Cormorant breeding: 36 birds in 4 smallish Salix babylonica in standing in water in the upper reaches of the dam, with 15 nests possibly active, and with at least two of them with young, small in one nest c.1/2 grown in the other.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		4915Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1260
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		250
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1480
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		530
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		720
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		90
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		550
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		200
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 04:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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