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    Vaalharts Weir (28072455)

    Northern Cape
    Card 839
    Compiler 105
    Location code 28072455Vaalharts Weir (Northern Cape)
    Start date 1996-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:40:00
    End time 11:15:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 952
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1400
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		200
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		410
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		110
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		340
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		6150
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		140
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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