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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West

    Card 6760
    Compiler 1377
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 2005-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 14:30:00
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 51
    Total Count 7471
    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 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)
    100
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    2850Probably Breeding
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    58350Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    3540
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    1710Probably Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    570
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    61Confirmed Breeding
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    180
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    150
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    20
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    30
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    130Possibly Breeding
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    30
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    260
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    1310
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    230
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    1460
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    8120Probably Breeding
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
    1420
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    241Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1273Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    1862Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    240
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    120
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    30
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    70Possibly Breeding
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    36670
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    270
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    270
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    700
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    2370
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    60
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    140
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    640
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    260
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    780
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    130
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    130
    982Egret, Slaty
    (Egretta vinaceigula)
    10
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    50


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 11:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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