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    Driefontein Farm Dam (33211846)

    Western Cape

    Card 504747
    Compiler 45
    Location code 33211846Driefontein Farm Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:30
    End time 14:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1007
    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 Overflying raptors etc. made birds quite skittish and made accurate counting difficult
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    40
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    390
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    250
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    120
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    110
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)
    50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    660
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    410
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    2330
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    1000
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1700
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    60
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    750
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    250
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    310
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    680
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    190
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    200


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    Wednesday 24 April 2024 05:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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