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    Vaalharts Weir (28072455)

    Northern Cape
    Card 2296
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28072455Vaalharts Weir (Northern Cape)
    Start date 1998-01-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:47:00
    End time 10:00:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 614
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    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
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		310
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		540
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		320
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		150
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		200
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		370
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		170
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1530
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		760
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		60
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		830
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:20
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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