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    Kalkfontein Dam (29322515)

    Free State
    Card 505372
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29322515Kalkfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2015-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:50
    End time 14:20
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 5551
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes A clear, calm day. Level of dam quite low - was able to go as up river far as the ruins of the old bridge; later scanned from the S136 bridge with a scope - very few birds in the section visible, so it's likely that few birds were missed by not walking the rest of it. Breeding records: Egyptian Goose - 2 adults + 7 young (class 2c), 2 ad + 9 y (2c), 2 ad + 3 y (1c) 1 ad + 3 y (2b); Cape Teal - 2 ad + 3 y (2b).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		9710
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1200
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		270
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		720
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		240
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		560
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		700
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		670
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		9910Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		3860
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		930
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		850
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1120Confirmed Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		170
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		6000
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		130
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		200
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		380
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		8660
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		570
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		220
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2980
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		2170
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1150
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		1570
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20


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