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    Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (26442749)

    Gauteng

    Card 509338
    Compiler 10159
    Location code 26442749Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (Gauteng)
    Start date 2018-08-18
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1221
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Very cold just after cold front had moved through area
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Alf & Charleen Peters
     
    0Alison Lydon
     
    0Allan Youell
     
    0Amy Jensen
     
    0Andre & Shelley van Zyl
     
    0Jake & Cecily Jacobson
     
    0Justine Reynolds
     
    0Marius & Elmie Preston
     
    0Mauritz Faling
     
    0Reg & Lourdes Gerbach
     
    0Rina de Klerk
     
    0Werner & Alexander Peters
     
    10159Cliff Wright
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    1230
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    230
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    200
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    210
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    1890
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    600
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    4243Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    50
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    411Probably Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    280
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    230
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    510
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    1320
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    60
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    70
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    120
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)
    60


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 07:03
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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