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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West
    Card 2527
    Compiler 889
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 1998-07-19
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 17:00:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 97
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 4247
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		770
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		720
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		570
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		780
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		430
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		50
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		280
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		610
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		2250
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		5860
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		670
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		10
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		27350
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		380
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		70
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		230
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		110
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		250
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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