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Loch Athlone (28162819)

Free State

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status UNKNOWN
Conservation status UNKNOWN
IBA information SA048 - FOURIESBURG-BETHLEHEM-CLARENS
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Date_registered
1993-01-15
Brief_description
Counts were made at this dam only from summer 1993 to winter 1994. Of the 34 waterbird species recorded, the commonest were Whitebreasted Cormorant, Cattle Egret, Yellowbilled Duck and Redknobbed Coot; of these four species, Whitebreasted Cormorant was the only one to be more numerous in winter. Reed Cormorant and Darter were more numerous in summer. Total counts declined during the survey period. Threats include sedimentation and the accumulation of pesticides and fertilizers.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72Scopus umbretta44.004   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus46.008   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata16482.881600   
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus421.6350   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus111.5752   
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra111.0020
214Crane, Grey CrownedBalearica regulorum11.001   
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa413.6328   
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa24.508   
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus58.5012   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata676.13150   
60Egret, Intermediate [x]Ardea intermedia18.5016   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis40265.00600   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer11.802
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca116.7540   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis16.8620   
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis119.8685   
167Harrier, African MarshCircus ranivorus11.001
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala29.0015   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath11.672   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea11.402   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea26.6710   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides114.5030   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus12.675   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus324.3350   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash425.2050   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima23.255
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus26.0010
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis23.334
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus216.0040   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus151.63150   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax1216.0020   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris14.508   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma44.004   
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens26.0010-1
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana45.506   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii23.407   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis19.8323   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba22.002   
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus11.001   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis115.1450 50
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota25.208   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha28.1725   
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida120.0035   
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus22.002   
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis114.2025
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Wednesday 03 September 2025 10:26
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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