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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West
    Card 4915
    Compiler 1377
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 2003-01-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00:00
    End time 15:30:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 47
    Total Count 2847
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		90
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		300
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1570
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		2150
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		470
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		170
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		350
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10500
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		50
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		40
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		140
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		540
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		160
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2230
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		350
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		170
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		310
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		100Probably Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		320
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		100
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		690
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1180
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		140
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		180
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		230
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		140
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		170
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		180
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		400
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		3810
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		360
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		50
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		230


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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