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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West

    Card 5588
    Compiler 1377
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 2004-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 15:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 50
    Total Count 4294
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    230
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    180
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    3270
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    8750
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    37934Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    490
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    150
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    51Probably Breeding
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    430
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    1290
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    100
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    5600
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    50
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    30
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    933Confirmed Breeding
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    20
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    230
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    570
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    160
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    310
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    2050
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
    10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    431Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    380
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    770
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)
    20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    176Probably Breeding
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    2120
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    1280
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    10
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    950
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    60
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    170
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    81Possibly Breeding
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    7100
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    90
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    270
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)
    40


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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