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    Vaalbank Farm Dam (29052549)

    Free State
    Card 503941
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29052549Vaalbank Farm Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2012-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:25
    End time 11:25
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 2391
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam about half full. Clear, breezy, hot. Count done from northern kopje and ridge, mostly with scope on tripod. The few migrant waders all along northern shore. Some smaller birds on the southern shore could have been missed.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		260
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		60
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		210
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		280
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		420
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		430
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		610
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		890
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		300
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		60
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		15270
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1150
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		240
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		620
    261Redshank, Common
    (Tringa totanus)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2300
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		260
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 05:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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