Sterkfontein Dam (28262901) | |
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Free State | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTS SUSPENDED |
| Authority | Free State Department of Tourism, Environmental and Economic Affairs |
| Management status | PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | SA046 - STERKFONTEIN DAM NATURE RESERVE |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1992-02-09 |
| Brief_description |
| An IBA and provincial nature reserve. A large dam in high-altitude sour grassland, with pre- dominantly open shoreline but with no significant foraging habitat for Palearctic shorebirds. Cormorant counts are greater in summer, while Dabchick and most waterfowl species seem to attain higher numbers in winter, although numbers of some waterfowl (e.g. Spurwinged and Egyptian Goose, Yellowbilled Duck and Redbilled Teal) show great variations in both seasons. Numbers of Greyheaded Gull appear to be increasing and those of Dabchick declining. Goliath Heron is regularly recorded in small numbers. Black Stork and Grass Owl occur. Recreational facilities including boating and water-skiing pose only mild threats to the avifauna. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 255 | Calidris alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 47.50 | 209 | |||
| 48 | Cormorant, Cape | Phalacrocorax capensis | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 16.84 | 54 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 2 | 29.22 | 92 | |||
| 216 | Crane, Blue | Grus paradisea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 2 | 4.00 | 6 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 3 | 11.70 | 31 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 2.56 | 4 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 3 | 4.00 | 5 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 2 | 14.80 | 36 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 17 | 131.80 | 491 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 2 | 36.50 | 71 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 2.27 | 6 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 15 | 116.63 | 438 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 35.63 | 161 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 18 | 18.00 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 1.33 | 2 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 27.36 | 82 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 17 | 17.00 | 17 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 13.56 | 48 | |||
| 167 | Harrier, African Marsh | Circus ranivorus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 4.40 | 22 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 2.42 | 4 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 3.10 | 6 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 2.57 | 4 | |||
| 82 | Ibis, Southern Bald | Geronticus calvus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 7.82 | 37 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.71 | 4 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 9 | 10.67 | 12 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 2 | 10.25 | 24 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 17 | 17.00 | 17 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 11.63 | 49 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 2 | 2.75 | 4 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 14.54 | 42 |
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