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    Vaalharts Weir (28072455)

    Northern Cape
    Card 3741
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28072455Vaalharts Weir (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2001-02-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:54:00
    End time 11:25:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1641
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		60
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1830
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1550
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		560
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		200
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		280
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		220
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		390
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		390
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		400
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		7340Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		50Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		430
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1870
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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