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    Kalkfontein Dam (29322515)

    Free State
    Card 505373
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29322515Kalkfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2014-08-15
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:55
    End time 17:15
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 8829
    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. Quite calm. Pan section dry. River section not accessible by boat (from just past the old bridge, at 29 33' 51.2"S; 25 17' 36.3"E); part of this done with scope from the present bridge not many birds, and probably not many missed along piece not checked. Breeding: a pair of Blacksmith Lapwings seen mating. Mallard was a male accompanied by two Yellow-billed Duck near the private resort N of the Provincial nature reserve; all three flew off together.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		150
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		50
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		880
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		12630
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		600
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		340
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		190
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3760
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		260
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		12030
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		2690
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1380
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		970
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		43790
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		200
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1560Probably Breeding
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		650
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		460
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1350
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		400
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2210
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		450
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		270
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		280
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10


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