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    Smithfield Dam (30112631)

    Free State
    Card 503989
    Compiler 24
    Location code 30112631Smithfield Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2014-03-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:10
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 522
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Heavily overcast, start of count delayed by rain. Dam seemed about half full. Drove and walked along W shore, and scanned far shore with scope on tripod - some smaller birds could have been missed.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		710
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1052Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		210
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		150
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2470
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		100
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		60
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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