Gariep Dam: West (30372537) | |
|---|---|
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 | SA051 - GARIEP/OVISTON/TUSSEN-DIE-RIVIERE |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1992-02-12 |
| Brief_description |
| A large, state-owned dam surrounded by nature reserves, which comprise an IBA. Most of shoreline unsuitable for shorebirds, but the dam supports large numbers of waterbirds. Globally significant numbers of South African Shelduck occur in summer (this is a moulting site) and of Yellowbilled Duck all year, and nationally significant numbers of Egyptian Goose are recorded in summer. Good numbers of Redbilled Teal occur in summer, and of Cape Shoveller and Spurwinged Goose in winter. High counts of Grey and Goliath Herons, and African Spoonbill, are recorded, especially in summer, and of Caspian Tern in winter. African Fish Eagle is resident in good numbers. A good count of 22 Yellowbilled Stork was made in summer 1996. Summer counts of several species increased during survey period (see graphs). An important threat is the diversion of water in the catchment by dam building in Lesotho; mild threats are posed by boating, fishing and siltation. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | ||||
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 5 | 6.00 | 7 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 2 | 9.55 | 34 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 18.50 | 78 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 45.83 | 283 | 130 | ||
| 216 | Crane, Blue | Grus paradisea | 20 | 24.00 | 28 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 35.41 | 115 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 10014 | Duck, Unidentified | Anas sp. | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 7 | 77.33 | 189 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 2 | 197.23 | 1993 | 1700 | 850 | 1000 |
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 11.75 | 43 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 6.67 | 20 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 1 | 19.45 | 59 | |||
| 149 | Fish Eagle, African | Haliaeetus vocifer | 2 | 13.81 | 24 | |||
| 86 | Flamingo, Greater | Phoenicopterus roseus | 14 | 14.00 | 14 | |||
| 87 | Flamingo, Lesser | Phoeniconaias minor | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 17 | 1219.13 | 3578 | 3500 | 1750 | 3200 |
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 2 | 103.38 | 530 | |||
| 5 | Grebe, Black-necked | Podiceps nigricollis | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | 27.67 | 92 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 17.48 | 84 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 1.67 | 2 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 5 | 22.19 | 50 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 31.77 | 98 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 4 | 68.00 | 362 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 4 | 6.00 | 8 | |||
| 82 | Ibis, Southern Bald | Geronticus calvus | 11 | 11.00 | 11 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.57 | 9 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 4 | 12.60 | 31 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 69 | Night Heron, Black-crowned | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 2.33 | 4 | |||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 3 | 178.07 | 1287 | 420 | 210 | 500 |
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Anas smithii | 3 | 38.83 | 121 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 5 | 51.00 | 215 | 150 | 75 | |
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 3 | 20.54 | 51 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 8 | 13.33 | 22 | |||
| 79 | Stork, Black | Ciconia nigra | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 80 | Stork, White | Ciconia ciconia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 2 | 7.67 | 17 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 4 | 15.71 | 62 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 3 | 192.33 | 570 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 2 | 34.52 | 109 | 68 | 20 | |
| 10009 | Tern, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 4 | 4.00 | 4 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 1 | 128.50 | 256 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 7.62 | 26 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 2 | 7.22 | 14 |
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