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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West
    Card 2657
    Compiler 889
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 1999-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 98
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1261
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High 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)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1390
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		360
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		140
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		3330
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		40
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		120
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		170
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		370
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		100
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		4690
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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