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    Gariep Dam: East (30382550)

    Free State

    Card 504052
    Compiler 24
    Location code 30382550Gariep Dam: East (Free State)
    Start date 2011-03-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:55
    End time 14:25
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 21
    Total Count 1488
    Wetland Condition 4Mud only
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam overflowing. Very calm to start with, starting getting rough at c.11h00; quite rough by end. Cormorant-Darter colony in willow in water near top of Seekoeigat Bay. 5 adult White-breasted Cormorants settled on nests, probably incubating. 12 Reed Cormorants settled in that tree, but none seen at nests. Grey Heron nest (with 1 adult & 3 well-grown young) on rocky island in Seekoeigat Bay, off W shore. Blue Cranes all around Bossiesbaai; 2 pairs each with 1 chick (1 c.1/2-grown, other c.3/4-grown).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    505Probably Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    180Possibly Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    113Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    211Confirmed Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    110
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    450
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    340
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    11840
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    50
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    30
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    40
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)
    752Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 02:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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