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    Rusfontein Dam (29182637)

    Free State
    Card 737
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29182637Rusfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 1996-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:20:00
    End time 11:25:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1071
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		430
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		230
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		120
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1920
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1220
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		450
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		390
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1430
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		840
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1460
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		370
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1300
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:09
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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