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    Vaalbank Farm Dam (29052549)

    Free State

    Card 502346
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29052549Vaalbank Farm Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2011-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 10:10
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 89
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather good. Count done mainly with scope on tripod, from northern kopje and ridge.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    80
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    180
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    50
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    100
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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