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    Vanderkloof Dam: Main Section (30102455)

    Northern Cape
    Card 500136
    Compiler 2070
    Location code 30102455Vanderkloof Dam: Main Section (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2008-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:15
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 20
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 516
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J. Lumkwana
     
    0S. Hedges
     
    0T. Mali
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		300Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		200Confirmed Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		140Possibly Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4000Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		70
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		100
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		80Confirmed Breeding


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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