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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West
    Card 3210
    Compiler 889
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 2000-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30:00
    End time 12:15:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 850
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1430
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1260
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		300
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		230
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		110
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		260
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		990
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		30
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		540Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		270
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		70
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		350
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		1900
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		220
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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