Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Rusfontein Dam (29182637)

    Free State
    Card 503728
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29182637Rusfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2013-02-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:45
    End time 14:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1771
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Quite full. Strong winds were predicted on various websites so the count was done from a vehicle, stopping where necessary to scan with binoculars and/or spotting scope.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		210
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		140
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		280
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		300
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1832Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1810
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		440
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		950
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		8160
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		480
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		810
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		100
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		190
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		410
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		700
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Sunday 28 April 2024 04:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License