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    Vaal Dam: West (26542808)

    Free State
    Card 503536
    Compiler 12717
    Location code 26542808Vaal Dam: West (Free State)
    Start date 2009-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 49
    Total Count 4045
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1260
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		280
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		290
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		290
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		60
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2940
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		340
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		300
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4820
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		150
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		880
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		210
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		550
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4880
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		880
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		280
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		9990
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		50
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		4200
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		100
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		1830
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2270
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		440
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		220
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		330
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		280
    4136Black-backed Gull, Lesser
    (Larus fuscus)    		10
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1300
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		10


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