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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West
    Card 504343
    Compiler 2254
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 2010-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 47
    Total Count 2727
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid 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)    		60
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1870
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		8620
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		1070
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		260
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		740
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		720
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2700
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		110
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		60
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		40
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		130
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		150
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		480
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		100
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		90
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		220
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		190
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		400
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		200
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		80
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		7960
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		280
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		30
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (Lanus sp.)    		10


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 05:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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