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    Vaal Dam: East (26552816)

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    Card 506416
    Compiler 12717
    Location code 26552816Vaal Dam: East (Free State)
    Start date 2017-02-12
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 12:01
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 43
    Total Count 2716
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		750
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		120
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		700
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		370
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		490
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		620
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		280
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		700
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		110
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		300
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		1100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		870
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		650
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		5760
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		360
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		130
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		880
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1420
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		180
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		220
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		30
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		140
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		630
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		350
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		270
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		6360
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		140
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		110
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1030
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		280
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		220
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		620
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		380
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		60
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (Lanus sp.)    		10


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