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    Vaal Dam: South (27042816)

    Free State

    Card 7081
    Compiler 1957
    Location code 27042816Vaal Dam: South (Free State)
    Start date 2006-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 54
    Total Count 88067
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water levels rising sharply.
    Survey notes


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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    440
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    350
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    300
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    50
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    360
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    14510
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    980
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    6340
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    210
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    480
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    1170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    508325Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    500
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
    10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    1030
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1560
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    630
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    270
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    600
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    600
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    980
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    7200
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    1030
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    8825Confirmed Breeding
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    60
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    240
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    1230
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    310
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    30
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    765000
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    3500
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    100
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    1000
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    6640
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    50
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    370
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    2000
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    200


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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