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    Vaal Dam: South (27042816)

    Free State
    Card 503538
    Compiler 12717
    Location code 27042816Vaal Dam: South (Free State)
    Start date 2011-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 4011
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		70
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		880
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		460
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		600
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		400
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		490
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		160
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		860
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		350
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		610
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		3670
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		19080
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		740
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1140
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		250
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		80
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		390
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		5130
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2920
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		610
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		360
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		260
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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