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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West
    Card 502771
    Compiler 2254
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 2012-01-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 52
    Total Count 3463
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam level 80.3%.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		5390
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		19010
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		230
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		120
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		190
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		230
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1980
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		80
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		30
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		40
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    73Stork, Marabou
    (Leptoptilos crumenifer)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		260
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		580
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		70
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		100
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		90
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		150
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		430
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		100
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		140
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		370
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1610
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		190
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1020
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1290


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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