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    Vaal Dam: West (26542808)

    Free State
    Card 504608
    Compiler 12717
    Location code 26542808Vaal Dam: West (Free State)
    Start date 2014-09-15
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 49
    Total Count 4079
    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
    Notes Comment by Jerome: Vaal Dam when they started were asked to do late counts so that some migrants might be counted. So this can be regarded as a winter CWAC.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		140
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		3830
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		750
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		990
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		270
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		190
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		430
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		470
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		220
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1260
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		270
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		4060
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3480
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		200
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		3230
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1190
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1010
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		50
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3890
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		140
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1060
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		740
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		3110
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		470
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1510
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		30
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		490
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		70
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		600
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1630
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		2120
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		80
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		780
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		20
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1530


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    Wednesday 17 December 2025 05:24
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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