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    Vaalharts Weir (28072455)

    Northern Cape
    Card 5792
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28072455Vaalharts Weir (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2004-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:05:00
    End time 11:08:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 1116
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)    		140
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		730
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		630
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1100
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		1350
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		160
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		300
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		420
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		60
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4340
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		190
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		70
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		160
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		650
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 01:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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