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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West
    Card 503642
    Compiler 2254
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 2013-08-10
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 42
    Total Count 2521
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		40
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		960
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		440
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		240
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		80
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		110
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		540
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2890
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		30
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		80
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		430
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		580
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1230
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		50
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		70
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		14940
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		340
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		390
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		30
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		90
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		580
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		30
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		280
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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