Welbedacht Dam (29522653) | |
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Free State | |
| CWAC status | REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY |
| Authority | Free State Department of Tourism, Environmental and Economic Affairs |
| Management status | UNKNOWN |
| Conservation status | PROTECTED |
| IBA information | |
| Ramsar information | |
| Heritage information | |
| View Cards | No |
Information |
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| Date_registered |
| 1992-02-13 |
| Brief_description |
| Large dam with reeds, and sometimes good shorebird habitat. Globally significant count of Yellowbilled Duck made in winter 1995 (hence high total count and biomass for that survey), when Redbilled Teal and Cape Shoveller were also present in large numbers. Nationally significant numbers of African Spoonbill and South African Shelduck recorded. Some good counts of Palearctic shorebirds in summer 1994 and 1997; Avocet numbers are sometimes high in winter and summer. Numbers of herons, egrets and ibises higher in summer; Dabchick and most waterfowl more numerous in winter (exceptions being Egyptian Goose and South African Shelduck). Siltation is a severe threat, and the consequent invasion by reeds and willows Salix babylonica is an important threat. |
| Spp | Common name | Taxonomic name | Min | Avg | Max | IBA | Subregional IBA | RAMSAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256 | Calidris pugnax | 1 | 48.08 | 169 | ||||
| 72 | Scopus umbretta | 1 | 1.50 | 2 | ||||
| 269 | Avocet, Pied | Recurvirostra avosetta | 1 | 26.70 | 158 | 125 | ||
| 66 | Bittern, Dwarf | Ixobrychus sturmii | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 67 | Bittern, Little | Ixobrychus minutus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 212 | Coot, Red-knobbed | Fulica cristata | 1 | 50.11 | 666 | |||
| 50 | Cormorant, Reed | Microcarbo africanus | 1 | 14.00 | 149 | |||
| 47 | Cormorant, White-breasted | Phalacrocorax lucidus | 1 | 63.27 | 291 | 130 | ||
| 214 | Crane, Grey Crowned | Balearica regulorum | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 52 | Darter, African | Anhinga rufa | 1 | 6.96 | 33 | |||
| 95 | Duck, African Black | Anas sparsa | 1 | 10.20 | 40 | |||
| 101 | Duck, Fulvous Whistling | Dendrocygna bicolor | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 103 | Duck, Maccoa | Oxyura maccoa | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||
| 104 | Duck, White-backed | Thalassornis leuconotus | 2 | 5.67 | 8 | |||
| 100 | Duck, White-faced Whistling | Dendrocygna viduata | 1 | 10.40 | 19 | |||
| 96 | Duck, Yellow-billed | Anas undulata | 10 | 418.98 | 4822 | 1700 | 850 | 1000 |
| 149 | Eagle, African Fish | Haliaeetus vocifer | 1 | 1.96 | 8 | |||
| 58 | Egret, Great | Ardea alba | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 60 | Egret, Intermediate | Ardea intermedia | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 59 | Egret, Little | Egretta garzetta | 1 | 2.50 | 6 | |||
| 61 | Egret, Western Cattle | Bubulcus ibis | 8 | 102.10 | 1052 | |||
| 89 | Goose, Egyptian | Alopochen aegyptiaca | 8 | 210.91 | 1063 | |||
| 88 | Goose, Spur-winged | Plectropterus gambensis | 1 | 53.39 | 393 | |||
| 6 | Grebe, Little | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 1 | 15.83 | 154 | |||
| 263 | Greenshank, Common | Tringa nebularia | 1 | 3.00 | 11 | |||
| 288 | Gull, Grey-headed | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 3 | 3.00 | 3 | |||
| 69 | Heron, Black-crowned Night | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 55 | Heron, Black-headed | Ardea melanocephala | 1 | 3.38 | 20 | |||
| 56 | Heron, Goliath | Ardea goliath | 1 | 3.62 | 18 | |||
| 54 | Heron, Grey | Ardea cinerea | 1 | 4.78 | 37 | |||
| 57 | Heron, Purple | Ardea purpurea | 1 | 1.25 | 2 | |||
| 81 | Ibis, African Sacred | Threskiornis aethiopicus | 1 | 9.40 | 27 | |||
| 83 | Ibis, Glossy | Plegadis falcinellus | 1 | 4.67 | 12 | |||
| 84 | Ibis, Hadada | Bostrychia hagedash | 1 | 4.32 | 16 | |||
| 395 | Kingfisher, Giant | Megaceryle maxima | 1 | 1.75 | 2 | |||
| 397 | Kingfisher, Malachite | Corythornis cristatus | 1 | 1.29 | 2 | |||
| 394 | Kingfisher, Pied | Ceryle rudis | 1 | 2.00 | 5 | |||
| 245 | Lapwing, Blacksmith | Vanellus armatus | 1 | 9.42 | 46 | |||
| 509 | Martin, Brown-throated | Riparia paludicola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 210 | Moorhen, Common | Gallinula chloropus | 1 | 3.26 | 10 | |||
| 172 | Osprey, Western | Pandion haliaetus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 233 | Plover, Common Ringed | Charadrius hiaticula | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 237 | Plover, Kittlitz's | Charadrius pecuarius | 3 | 10.60 | 21 | |||
| 238 | Plover, Three-banded | Charadrius tricollaris | 1 | 6.00 | 64 | |||
| 102 | Pochard, Southern | Netta erythrophthalma | 1 | 18.33 | 81 | |||
| 197 | Rail, African | Rallus caerulescens | 1 | 2.00 | 3 | -1 | ||
| 258 | Sandpiper, Common | Actitis hypoleucos | 1 | 3.00 | 13 | |||
| 251 | Sandpiper, Curlew | Calidris ferruginea | 3 | 350.47 | 1018 | |||
| 262 | Sandpiper, Marsh | Tringa stagnatilis | 1 | 1.50 | 3 | |||
| 264 | Sandpiper, Wood | Tringa glareola | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | |||
| 90 | Shelduck, South African | Tadorna cana | 2 | 43.51 | 269 | 210 | ||
| 94 | Shoveler, Cape | Spatula smithii | 1 | 14.83 | 140 | |||
| 250 | Snipe, African | Gallinago nigripennis | 1 | 8.00 | 24 | |||
| 85 | Spoonbill, African | Platalea alba | 1 | 15.65 | 147 | 75 | ||
| 270 | Stilt, Black-winged | Himantopus himantopus | 2 | 6.80 | 25 | |||
| 253 | Stint, Little | Calidris minuta | 2 | 36.60 | 150 | |||
| 76 | Stork, Yellow-billed | Mycteria ibis | 1 | 11.60 | 28 | |||
| 208 | Swamphen, African | Porphyrio madagascariensis | 1 | 2.91 | 9 | |||
| 99 | Teal, Blue-billed | Spatula hottentota | 5 | 5.00 | 5 | |||
| 98 | Teal, Cape | Anas capensis | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||
| 97 | Teal, Red-billed | Anas erythrorhyncha | 1 | 27.38 | 239 | |||
| 290 | Tern, Caspian | Hydroprogne caspia | 1 | 4.50 | 18 | |||
| 305 | Tern, Whiskered | Chlidonias hybrida | 7 | 8.00 | 9 | |||
| 304 | Tern, White-winged | Chlidonias leucopterus | 1 | 39.20 | 166 | |||
| 10008 | Wader, Unidentified | N/A N/A | 5 | 954.20 | 2370 | |||
| 685 | Wagtail, African Pied | Motacilla aguimp | 2 | 3.50 | 5 | |||
| 686 | Wagtail, Cape | Motacilla capensis | 1 | 10.11 | 104 | |||
| 268 | Whimbrel, Eurasian | Numenius phaeopus | 1 | 1.00 | 1 |
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