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    Vaalbank Farm Dam (29052549)

    Free State
    Card 8815
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29052549Vaalbank Farm Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2007-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:55:00
    End time 13:05:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 17100
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Waders there could not be identified with certainty (probably mainly Ruffs, Curlew Sandpipers, Little Stints).
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		130
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		380
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		520
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		870
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1820
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		32630
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1402Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		920
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1770
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20Probably Breeding
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		80
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		901Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		660
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1530
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		2750
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		35500
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1650
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		87200


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:52
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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