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    Middeldeel Dam (28052903)

    Free State
    Card 512667
    Compiler 14593
    Location code 28052903Middeldeel Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2026-09-16
    Season OOther
    Start time 11:10
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 140
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 20Pollution by fertilizers
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Largest number of CWAC species recorded at this site to date.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		660
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		110
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		224Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Thursday 17 September 2026 11:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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