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    Vaalharts Weir (28072455)

    Northern Cape

    Card 5411
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28072455Vaalharts Weir (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2003-08-19
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:04:00
    End time 11:20:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 2894
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    220
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    150
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    320
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    70
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    710
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    780
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    400
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    350
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    120
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    11800
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    2930
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    210
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    10
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    140
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    202Crake, Baillon's
    (Zapornia pusilla)
    50
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    80
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    1730
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    7510
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    140
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    100
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    140
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    280
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    130


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:36
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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