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    Vaal Dam: East (26552816)

    Free State
    Card 6517
    Compiler 1631
    Location code 26552816Vaal Dam: East (Free State)
    Start date 2005-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 46
    Total Count 2581
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		520
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		150
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		510
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		360
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2790
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		350
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		120
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1870
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		770
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		370
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1940
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		30
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1520
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		160
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		260
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		340
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		150
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1590
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		150
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1480
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		250
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		3380
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		130
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		550
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		220
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2490
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		470
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1270
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		410
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		280
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		50
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20


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