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    Kalkfontein Dam (29322515)

    Free State
    Card 503174
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29322515Kalkfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2013-02-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:50
    End time 17:25
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 10377
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam quite full. Main dam done by boat (08h50-15h40), but the level was too low to enable access to the pan at the northern end, which was later censused from a bakkie (16h30-17h25). A clear day, calm at first, but windy and quite rough from c.11h00. There was a small heronry on an "island" (now a peninsula with a recent drop in the water level) at the S end of the large bay W of the office. The Sacred Ibis, Cattle Egret and Reed Cormorant chicks (see individual species) were all well-feathered and probably near-flying. (There were 46 adult Reed Cormorants, 12 Cattle Egrets, 1 Grey Heron, 11 Sacred Ibises also present.)
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		100
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		3710
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		3250Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		280
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		381Possibly Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		300
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		731Confirmed Breeding
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		140
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		182Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		420
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		510
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		390
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		770
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		23365Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		13870
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		500
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		5881Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1280
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		33260
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		870
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		380
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		3700
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		380
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		830
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2080
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		2730
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		3070
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:48
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