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    Bosmanspoort Dam (26052941)

    Mpumalanga
    Card 9413
    Compiler 91
    Location code 26052941Bosmanspoort Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2008-02-09
    Season SSummer
    Start time 02:10:00 PM
    End time 03:20:00 PM
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 229
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam wall had broken during heavy rains leaving a small pool of water with large mudflats thus attrackting a variety of waders
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		780
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		210
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		120
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		100
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		260
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		350
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		40
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10


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    Thursday 25 April 2024 09:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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