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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West

    Card 966
    Compiler 345
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 1997-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 12:00:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 371
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    180
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    100
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    910
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    30
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    100
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    240
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    110
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    1340
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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