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Allemanskraal Dam (28182712)
Free State
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Free State Department of Tourism, Environmental and Economic Affairs
Management status	PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status	PROTECTED
IBA information	SA044 - WILLEM PRETORIUS GAME RESERVE
Ramsar information
Heritage information
View Cards	No

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Date_registered
1992-02-04
Brief_description
A large state dam on the Sand River, within the Willem Pretorius Game Reserve, an IBA. Globally significant numbers of Egyptian Goose are recorded, and nationally significant numbers of Cattle Egret, African Spoonbill, South African Shelduck and Cape Shoveller (in summer) and Spurwinged Goose (in winter). Most waterfowl, and also Darter, Goliath Heron, Sacred Ibis, Redknobbed Coot, plovers and Greyheaded Gull, are more numerous in summer; Dabchick and Whitebreasted Cormorant are commoner in winter. The high biomass total for winter 1993 reflects exceptionally high counts of Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese. Numbers of Darter and Egyptian Goose are apparently declining. Mild threats are posed by siltation, agrochemical pollution, Eucalyptus encroachment on islands and shoreline, boating, and hunting/poaching.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
256		Calidris pugnax	1	111.88	925
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.60	4
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	1	5.18	19
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	19	595.27	1987
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	19.14	178
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	11.32	47
216	Crane, Blue	Grus paradisea	1	1.00	1
267	Curlew, Eurasian	Numenius arquata	1	3.00	5
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	52.43	568	500	250
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	6.40	22
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	2	30.00	58
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	1.00	1
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	1	1.00	1
10014	Duck, Unidentified	N/A N/A	11	11.00	11
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	6	6.00	6
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	2	76.67	660
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	3	236.21	1459		850	1000
149	Eagle, African Fish	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.56	3
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	283.33	1490	500	250
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	2.44	7
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	14.93	154
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	1109.78	5400		5000
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	12.19	78
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	1	2.00	3
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser	1	1.33	2
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	2	1318.73	4481	3500	1750	3200
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	297.57	2654		1875	710
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	23.72	94
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	5.18	21
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	20.03	83
4136	Gull, Lesser Black-backed	Larus fuscus	1	1.00	1
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	2	2.00	2
69	Heron, Black-crowned Night	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	1.00	1
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	4.63	17
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	2	16.62	42
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	11.23	30
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.00	1
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	55.84	240
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	2.75	9
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	5.06	18
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.00	1
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	2	2.00	2
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	4	146.08	577
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
74	Openbill, African	Anastomus lamelligerus	13	13.00	13
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	3	3.00	3
241	Plover, Grey	Pluvialis squatarola	1	1.00	1
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	1	21.17	144
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	12.82	227
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	91.20	649	500	250	460
282	Pratincole, Black-winged	Glareola nordmanni	1	1728.88	9061	100	50	1700
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	1.75	4
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	100.61	568
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	5.88	22
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	1.40	2
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	3	74.67	611	420	210	500
94	Shoveler, Cape	Spatula smithii	2	27.85	239		175
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	2.75	4
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	26.82	105		75
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	9.59	54
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	1	92.00	637
79	Stork, Black	Ciconia nigra	1	1.00	1
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	5.54	33
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	9.66	50
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	38.21	327
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	10.28	100		68	20
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	23.00	129		75	85
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	47.29	252
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	1	1.00	1
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	9	249.40	1103
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	1.00	1
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	31.37	255
268	Whimbrel, Eurasian	Numenius phaeopus	1	1.00	1

Thursday 18 April 2024 05:33
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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Allemanskraal Dam (28182712)

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