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    Vaal River Taaibosspruit to Suikerbos (26452752)

    Free State

    Card 509713
    Compiler 10159
    Location code 26452752Vaal River Taaibosspruit to Suikerbos (Free State)
    Start date 2021-08-28
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 389
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Wet and very cold
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Alison Lydon
     
    0Hennie & Rina de Klerk
     
    0Maria Pretorius
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    270
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    180
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    30
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    50
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    10
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)
    20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    270
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1130
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    80
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    160
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    170
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    450
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    110
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    70
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    500


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 02:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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