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    Allemanskraal Dam (28182712)

    Free State
    Card 503900
    Compiler 24
    Location code 28182712Allemanskraal Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2011-08-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:00
    End time 15:05
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 609
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam overflowing. Overcast and quite windy at start, windy later. Ran out of petrol towards end (13h00) and could only restart at 14h50. Again a heronry on the small rocky, treed island c. midway along the southern shore: c.10 Grey Herons on nests (probably incubating, or brooding small young) and 2 Goliath Herons (do); 4 Black-headed Herons and 2 Spoonbills also present, but not seen on nests. Rarity form submitted for Lesser Black-backed Gull.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		200Probably Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		300Probably Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		110Probably Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20Possibly Breeding
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20Possibly Breeding
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		480
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2060
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		660
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		970
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		530
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		120
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    4136Gull, Lesser Black-backed
    (Larus fuscus)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:21
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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