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    Vaalharts Weir (28072455)

    Northern Cape

    Card 4878
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28072455Vaalharts Weir (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2003-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:10:00
    End time 13:45:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1031
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    590
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    180
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    180
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    170
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1420
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    190
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    260
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    50
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    70
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    180
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1510
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    250
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    50
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    230
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    40
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    130
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    460
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    190
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    810
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    240
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    920
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    50
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    1600


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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