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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West
    Card 502775
    Compiler 2254
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 2009-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 13:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 912
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam level 80.3%. Stormy weather conditions began at approx. 11h00 and count was aborted at his stage due to powerful electrical storm with much lightning. Hard rain continued for rest of day and well into the next week.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		90
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		860
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		10
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		790
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		150
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		800
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1810
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		130
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1030
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		50
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1250
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		370
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		230
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		390
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		180
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		60


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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