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    Krugersdrift Dam (28522600)

    Free State
    Card 503977
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28522600Krugersdrift Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2014-02-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 13:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 5100
    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 dam low. A cloudy but calm day. Several of the waders were in grass along the shoreline, and some ducks and coot were in emergent vegetation along some sections of shore - some of these birds were probably missed.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		60
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		540
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		250
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		480
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		290
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		300
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		360
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		290
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		650
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		680
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		9470Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		4510
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		5860
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		220
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		100
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		620
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		160
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20820
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1970
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		550
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1130
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		490
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		320
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		210
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 03:31
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