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    Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (26442749)

    Gauteng
    Card 506659
    Compiler 10159
    Location code 26442749Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (Gauteng)
    Start date 2017-08-19
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 976
    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 Bird count was conducted on a very cold day just after a cold front moved over area.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0A Blignaut
     
    0H de Klerk
     
    0J Reynolds
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		240
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		170
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		1000
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4770Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		70
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		150
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		320
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		330
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		500
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1260Confirmed Breeding
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		180
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		20
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 07:32
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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