Kalkfontein Dam (29322515) | |
|---|---|
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 | SA050 - KALKFONTEIN DAM NATURE RESERVE |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1992-01-30 |
| Brief_description |
| An IBA. Large, permanent waterbody in an area of seasonal pans and hardly any watercourses; regularly holds 10 000+ waterbirds. Exceptional count of 18 355 birds in summer 1995, when globally significant counts of Redknobbed Coot (7666) and Yellowbilled Stork (191) were made, and peak numbers of African Spoonbill, Greater Flamingo, Cape Teal, Cape Shoveller, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint and Ruff were present. Nationally significant summer counts of Caspian and White- winged Terns; good numbers of Goliath Heron all year. Substantial numbers of shorebirds in summer, and of African plovers and Blackwinged Stilt in winter; high count of Curlew Sandpiper in July 1994; Chestnutbanded Plover also occurs. Over-utilization of water an important threat; mild threats are eutrophication, agrochemical pollution, fishing and boating. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | , Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | |||
| 1016 | , Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 256 | , Ruff | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 254.83 | 2038 | |||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 17.45 | 174 | 125 | ||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 5 | 2464.47 | 13915 | 5000 | 2500 | 10000 |
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 2 | 75.20 | 516 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 3 | 240.72 | 1263 | 130 | ||
| 216 | Crane, Blue | Grus paradisea | 1 | 4.29 | 17 | |||
| 267 | Curlew, Eurasian | Numenius arquata | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 2 | 45.14 | 131 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 1.94 | 4 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 2 | 2.50 | 3 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 8 | 8.00 | 8 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 15.86 | 55 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 4 | 175.78 | 746 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 3.50 | 9 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 4.25 | 11 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 6.71 | 21 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 40.69 | 184 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 5.55 | 19 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 1 | 95.92 | 535 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 1 | 123.23 | 611 | 600 | ||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 220 | 1148.28 | 3043 | 1750 | ||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 90.93 | 588 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 2 | 8.79 | 29 | |||
| 4 | Grebe, Great Crested | Podiceps cristatus | 1 | 27.15 | 193 | 50 | 25 | 100 |
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 93.60 | 339 | 250 | ||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 3.65 | 18 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 5 | 105.33 | 337 | |||
| 899 | Gull, Lesser Black-backed | Larus fuscus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 2.40 | 8 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 2 | 19.39 | 38 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 7 | 33.59 | 72 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 7.39 | 34 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 5.20 | 20 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 4.85 | 15 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1.44 | 3 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 15 | 82.98 | 305 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.33 | 4 | |||
| 236 | Plover, Chestnut-banded | Charadrius pallidus | 1 | 3.83 | 11 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 6.63 | 17 | |||
| 241 | Plover, Grey | Pluvialis squatarola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 1 | 85.50 | 756 | 500 | ||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 9.03 | 64 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 2 | 17.54 | 46 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 8.55 | 60 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 208.93 | 3101 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 8.55 | 71 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.89 | 5 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 31 | 504.41 | 2721 | 420 | 210 | 500 |
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 1 | 71.69 | 274 | 175 | ||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 33.36 | 191 | 150 | 75 | |
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 1 | 59.45 | 302 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 1 | 419.07 | 1751 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 1 | 14.91 | 45 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Anas hottentota | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 57.50 | 293 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 34.32 | 223 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 76.48 | 273 | 135 | 68 | 20 |
| 10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 288 | 288.00 | 288 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 2 | 42.88 | 157 | 150 | 75 | 85 |
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 295.46 | 1806 | 1000 | ||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 93 | 643.14 | 1425 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 5.21 | 21 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 50.80 | 373 |
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