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    Vaal Dam: West (26542808)

    Free State

    Card 505216
    Compiler 12717
    Location code 26542808Vaal Dam: West (Free State)
    Start date 2015-09-20
    Season OOther
    Start time 07:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 3560
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes dam 63% and falling
    Survey notes


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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    80
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)
    60
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    3030
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    1000
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    90
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    520
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    70
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    440
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    160
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    1710
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    5530
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    200
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    500
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    2460
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    1380
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    530
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    280
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1630
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    1290
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    950
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    3340
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    2570
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    2970
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    540
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    40
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    180
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    250
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    1730
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    800
    361Owl, Marsh
    (Asio capensis)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    530
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    50
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)
    310


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