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    Kalkfontein Dam (29322515)

    Free State
    Card 502274
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29322515Kalkfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2011-02-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:55
    End time 14:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 884
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather good. Dam 106% full. A small heronry in a Ziziphus and a Diospyros on a small rocky island off the W shore, S half of dam: Grey Heron - 7 nests appeared to be active, one with 3 eggs and at least 2 others with eggs; 2 Reed Cormorants settled on a nest - contents not visible. Two Egyptian Goose broods: pair with 6 young (class IIa), and 1 adult with 6 young (class Ib).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		280
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		251Probably Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		660
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		397Confirmed Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		240
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		90
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4270Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		890
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1030
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		380
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 05:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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