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    Vaalbank Farm Dam (29052549)

    Free State

    Card 94012
    Compiler 24
    Location code 29052549Vaalbank Farm Dam (Free State)
    Start date 2006-02-16
    Season OOther
    Start time 15:35:00
    End time 16:20:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 144
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Most of birds counted using x40 'scope; most of waders in upper reaches and too far to be identified.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    70
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    70
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    200
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    180
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    80
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    60
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    460


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    Thursday 02 May 2024 03:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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