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    Vaal Dam: East (26552816)

    Free State

    Card 500128
    Compiler 1957
    Location code 26552816Vaal Dam: East (Free State)
    Start date 2008-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 14:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 53
    Total Count 3718
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Various Members of BirdLife Vaaldam involved, including many other volunteers. Species sheet Notes
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    2390
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    520
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    2890
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    1120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    410
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    510
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    410
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1930
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    160
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    210
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    380
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    170
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    500
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    460
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    330
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    3910
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    370
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    3620
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    1210
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    430
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    90
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    3040
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    370
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    4260
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    420
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    40
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    140
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    100
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    150
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    2740
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    240
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    2570
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    260
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    170
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)
    130
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    40
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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