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    Orange River: Vioolsdrif Dam (28451744)

    Northern Cape

    Card 506116
    Compiler 1196
    Location code 28451744Orange River: Vioolsdrif Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2012-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:43
    End time 12:21
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 172
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    1197Johan Jonk
     
    14612Elmarie Heyns
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    330Probably Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    280Probably Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    140Probably Breeding
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    190
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    90Probably Breeding
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    230
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    80
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    110


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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