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    Vaal River Taaibosspruit to Suikerbos (26452752)

    Free State
    Card 511654
    Compiler 10159
    Location code 26452752Vaal River Taaibosspruit to Suikerbos (Free State)
    Start date 2025-08-30
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 463
    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
    0Alison Lydon
     
    0Jan de Man
     
    0Maria Pretorius
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		210
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		170
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		200
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		100
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1834Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		110
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		190
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		140
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		60
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		50
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		260
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		100
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		631Confirmed Breeding
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		80
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120


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    Wednesday 15 October 2025 09:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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