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    Vaalbank Farm Dam (29052549)

    Free State
    Card 503987
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29052549Vaalbank Farm Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2014-02-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 1667
    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 Weather good. Dam quite full - filled just recently, from empty. Some movement of birds between this waterbody and a large pan to the W. Count done with scope on tripod from two points on the N shore - some smaller birds could have been missed.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		1010
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		820
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		270
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		170
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		220
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		190
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		520
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		2230
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		70
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		6300
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		350
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		1410
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1440
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		470
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		380


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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