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    Vaal Dam: West (26542808)

    Free State
    Card 504741
    Compiler 12717
    Location code 26542808Vaal Dam: West (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 47
    Total Count 3080
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		50
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		140
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		500
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		740
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		140
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		390
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		270
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		120
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		760
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		540
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		430
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1660
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		580
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1510
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		850
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		680
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		150
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2880
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		350
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		11460
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		290
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1760
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		110
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		120
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		90
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		140
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2150
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		610
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		300
    4136Black-backed Gull, Lesser
    (Larus fuscus)    		20
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		380
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		60
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		10


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:33
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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