Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Driefontein Farm Dam (33211846)

    Western Cape
    Card 510248
    Compiler 45
    Location code 33211846Driefontein Farm Dam (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-08-13
    Season WWinter
    Start time 22:44
    End time 13:40
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 272
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes One pair of Egyptian Geese had 8 small goslings with them. Confirming that breeding had occured near the dam.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0F Ellmore
     
    0G Ford
     
    0S Schmidt
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		140
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1680
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		470
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License