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    Krugersdrift Dam (28522600)

    Free State
    Card 501313
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28522600Krugersdrift Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2009-08-13
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:50
    End time 14:55
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 5844
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam c.45% full. Conditions calm to OK most of the time. Some sections of shore were checked from a distance to avoid disturbing flocks of geese - some smaller birds could have been missed. Overwintering Palaearctic waders: 7 Ruff, 3 Little Stint and 1 Curlew. Last feeding on bank in river section - approached very closely in boat, before it flew off and gave curlew call. Fish Eagle: 2 adults perched on nest in bluegum on northern shore, W end.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		50
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		310
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		290
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		6360
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		16110
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		550
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		6320
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		310
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		250
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		120
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30Probably Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		24430
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		210
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		840
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		70
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		650
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		230
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		420


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