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    Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (26442749)

    Gauteng
    Card 510379
    Compiler 10159
    Location code 26442749Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (Gauteng)
    Start date 2023-01-28
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:30
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1995
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Allan & Joan Youell
     
    0Andre & Shelley van Zyl
     
    0Elaine & Paul Erasmus
     
    0Eleanor Munro
     
    0Helen Fourie
     
    0Johan Dalton
     
    0Reg & Lourdes Gerbach
     
    0Reggie & Ann Venter
     
    0Tempelhoff family
     
    10159Cliff & Amorei Wright
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		6530Probably Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		170
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		170
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		150
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		40
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		2340
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		83111Confirmed Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		140
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		290
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		110
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		6590
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		230
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		350


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:23
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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