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    Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (26442749)

    Gauteng
    Card 509578
    Compiler 10159
    Location code 26442749Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (Gauteng)
    Start date 2020-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1551
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Alan & Joan Youell
     
    0Alison Blignaut
     
    0Andre & Shelley van Zyl
     
    0Chris & Louis Bester
     
    0Gisela van Staden
     
    0Graham Clouston
     
    0Ian & Petra Steele
     
    0Jacobus Muller
     
    0Jake & Cecily Jacobson
     
    0Manie & Wilma Kleynhans
     
    0Peter & Marie-Anne Knoetze
     
    0Tarryn Stent
     
    0Thomas Cronje
     
    0Toby & Libby Kaberry
     
    0Yva Simpson
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1320
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		320
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		430
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		150
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		80
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		50
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		300
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		1970
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50816
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		150
    169Harrier, Black
    (Circus maurus)    		40
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		4370
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		40
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		140
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		400
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		40
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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