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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West
    Card 339
    Compiler 70
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 1994-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 714
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    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)    		190
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		4090
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		210
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		610
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		40
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1140
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		60
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    982Egret, Slaty
    (Egretta vinaceigula)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:22
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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