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    Rusfontein Dam (29182637)

    Free State
    Card 8812
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29182637Rusfontein Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2007-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 12:00:00
    End time 16:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 2546
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    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)    		180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		780
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		180
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		170
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		130
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3511Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		200
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		780
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		7540
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		350
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1721Confirmed Breeding
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		60
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1000
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1490
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		3090
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		700
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		600
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		2280
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		250


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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