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    Vaal Dam: South (27042816)

    Free State

    Card 504740
    Compiler 12717
    Location code 27042816Vaal Dam: South (Free State)
    Start date 2015-02-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 54
    Total Count 5267
    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 Dam level rising
    Survey notes


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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    460
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    130
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    300
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    230
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    120
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    440
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1170
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    270
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    550
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    440
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    300
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    740
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    10160
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    360
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    590
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1490
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    2080
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    890
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    230
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1780
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    980
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    490
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    9630
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    5240
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    950
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    210
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    50
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    610
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    1440
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    1590
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    2430
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    60
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    2400
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    560
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    10
    4136Black-backed Gull, Lesser
    (Larus fuscus)
    10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    670
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    1870


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:09
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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