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    Vaal Dam: East (26552816)

    Free State
    Card 7079
    Compiler 1957
    Location code 26552816Vaal Dam: East (Free State)
    Start date 2006-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 51
    Total Count 4804
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water levels rising sharply.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		640
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		380
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		130
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		16490
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		40
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		70
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		132Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1420
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		510
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		250
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		642Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2762Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		450
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		30
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1740
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		491Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		600
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		60
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		30
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		80
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		181Confirmed Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		41Confirmed Breeding
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3280
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		60
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		2560
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		350
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		9280
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		930
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		350
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		100
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		1200
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		530
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		200
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		140
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		690
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		340
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)    		150
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		40


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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