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    Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (26442749)

    Gauteng
    Card 509592
    Compiler 10159
    Location code 26442749Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (Gauteng)
    Start date 2021-02-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 1405
    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
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Andre van Zyl
     
    0Bruce Paterson
     
    0Henderick Bornman
     
    0Ian & Petra Steele
     
    0Jean Wilson
     
    0Maria Pretorius
     
    0Reg & Lourdes Gerbach
     
    0Tommy Steenkamp
     
    10159Cliff Wright
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		130
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		80
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		4260
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3324
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		120
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		4940
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		50
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		240
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		30
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 02:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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