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    Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (26442749)

    Gauteng
    Card 510897
    Compiler 10159
    Location code 26442749Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (Gauteng)
    Start date 2024-08-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 2809
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes time limitation caused lower coverage
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Alison Blignaut
     
    0Gisela van Staden
     
    0Hans & Santie Moolman
     
    0Maria Pretorius
     
    0Rina de Klerk
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		2130
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		980
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		360
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		90
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		30
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		950
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		8376Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		30
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		240
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1730
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		830
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10200
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1240
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		30
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		60
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		80


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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