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    Kamfers Dam (28402446)

    Northern Cape

    Card 504218
    Compiler 2194
    Location code 28402446Kamfers Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2010-08-05
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:00
    End time 16:30
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1529
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The water level was higher than normal, perhaps by about 0.5-1.0 m. Flamingo numbers are not counted during the CWAC count, as the estimates are severely inaccurate. Instead estimates of 50 000 lesser flamingos and 250 greater flamingos are given.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    1450
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    900
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    150
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    1000
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    90
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    110
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    920
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)
    120
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    420
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    50
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    590
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    1660
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1520
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    150
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    220
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    5330
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    130
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    110


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:22
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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