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    Vaal Dam: East (26552816)

    Free State
    Card 5610
    Compiler 1631
    Location code 26552816Vaal Dam: East (Free State)
    Start date 2004-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 50
    Total Count 2897
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		210
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		160
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		240
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		360
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		170
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		130
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1720
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		410
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		70
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		280
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1750
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2020
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		170
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		140
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		70
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		110
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4560
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		350
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		510
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		2540
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2770
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		160
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		840
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		4530
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		960
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		990
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		920
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		180
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		180
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		10
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		70
    10005Duck, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		810
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		50


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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