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    Vaal Dam: West (26542808)

    Free State
    Card 6518
    Compiler 1631
    Location code 26542808Vaal Dam: West (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 2746
    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)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		530
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		450
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		220
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		220
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		340
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		60
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		510
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		320
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4550
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		40
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		1010
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1230
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		290
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		7190
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		100
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		250
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		300
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		3610
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		450
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		90
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		310
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2490
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		460
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		50
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		310
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		730
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		40
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		330
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		40
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		90


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