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    Orange River: Vioolsdrif Dam (28451744)

    Northern Cape

    Card 7008
    Compiler 133
    Location code 28451744Orange River: Vioolsdrif Dam (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2006-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:03:00
    End time 16:13:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 157
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    30Probably Breeding
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    760Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    140Confirmed Breeding
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    10Possibly Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    230Possibly Breeding
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    40Confirmed Breeding
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    70
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    110


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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