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    Vaal Dam: East (26552816)

    Free State
    Card 8911
    Compiler 1957
    Location code 26552816Vaal Dam: East (Free State)
    Start date 2007-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 14:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 53
    Total Count 4147
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		30
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1580
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2350
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		3600
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		840
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		380
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		50
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		320
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		1280
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1800
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		320
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		30
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		160
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		460
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		710
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1790
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		300
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		3570
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1420
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		212Confirmed Breeding
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		90
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		750
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		40
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		320
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		150
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		5030
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		620
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		680
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		100
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		4940
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		2070
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		270
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		3950
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    982Egret, Slaty
    (Egretta vinaceigula)    		20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		20
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		200
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		50
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		480


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:36
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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