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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West

    Card 500665
    Compiler 1377
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 2008-07-12
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 14:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 50
    Total Count 5283
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A.Hanson
     
    0C.Mynhardt
     
    0F.Bezuidenhout
     
    0G.Gomez
     
    0G.Nomis
     
    0J.Strugnell
     
    0L.Glass
     
    0L.Lotz
     
    0L.Niss
     
    0L.Robinson
     
    0M.Sloter
     
    0N&A. Bezuidenhout
     
    0S & H.Bornman
     
    0T.Hartley
     
    0V.Odendaal
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    730
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    4610Probably Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    965460Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    2080Probably Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    1870Probably Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    310
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    200
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    70
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    180
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    130
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    30
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    130
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    60
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    120
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    190
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    420
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1790
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    50
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    610
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    520
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    20
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    550
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    260
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    140
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    150
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    190
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    23549Confirmed Breeding
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    280
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    1800
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    190
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    270
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    70
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    640
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    270
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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