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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West

    Card 2383
    Compiler 345
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 1998-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 12:15:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 425
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)
    280
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    160
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    670
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    110
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1500
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    120
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    120
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    60
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    160
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    80
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    190
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    210
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    170
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    20
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)
    10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:35
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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