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    Welgevonden Farm Dam East (29172620)

    Free State
    Card 504047
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29172620Welgevonden Farm Dam East (Free State)
    Start date 2012-01-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:50
    End time 11:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 241
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam quite full. "Solid" with Potamogeton, hence all the Red-knobbed Coot. Coot breeding: six adults settled on nests, possibly incubating; seven broods - 2 adults with 5 young (c. 1week old), 2+7y (c.1/3 grown), 1+5y (c. 1/2 grown), 2+3y (c. 1 week), 2+3y (c. 2 weeks), 2+4y (c.1/4 grown), 2+4y (c.1/4 grown).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		140
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		14313Confirmed Breeding
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		150


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    Monday 15 December 2025 12:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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