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Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

North West

CWAC status REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority Private
Management status LOCAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status PARTLY PROTECTED
IBA information SA025 - MAGALIESBERG & WITWATERSBERG
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Date_registered
1993-07-25
Brief_description
A dam on the Elands River, partly within Vaalkops Nature Reserve; it has some fringing reedbeds, and several islands. Holds a good variety of waterbirds, but small numbers of most waterfowl and shorebirds. A nationally significant count of Great Crested Grebe was recorded in winter 1995. Numbers of grebes, cormorants, herons, African Spoonbill, Whitefaced Duck, and Egyptian and Spurwinged Geese, are higher in winter and the biomass graph reflects the concentration of these large waterbirds in this season. The high total count in winter 1997 reflects the presence of 895 Redknobbed Coot. Blacksmith Plover is fairly common all year, and Black Crake and Purple Gallinule are recorded. Low flying by microlight aircraft is a serious threat; boating, and pollution with anglers' waste, are also problems.

SppCommon nameTaxonomic nameMinAvgMaxIBASubregional
IBA
RAMSAR
72, HamerkopScopus umbretta14.0932   
256, RuffCalidris pugnax138.79476  
269Avocet, PiedRecurvirostra avosetta18.4029   
67Bittern, LittleIxobrychus minutus12.404   
212Coot, Red-knobbedFulica cristata1554.953667 2500 
9638Cormorant, GreatPhalacrocorax carbo219219.00219130
50Cormorant, ReedMicrocarbo africanus3255.171901   
47Cormorant, White-breastedPhalacrocorax lucidus2327.431793  130
203Crake, BlackZaporina flavirostra17.1940
52Darter, AfricanAnhinga rufa293.37379 250 
95Duck, African BlackAnas sparsa12.565   
10006Duck, DomesticAnas platyrhynchos domesticus11.001
101Duck, Fulvous WhistlingDendrocygna bicolor25.6713   
91Duck, Knob-billedSarkidiornis melanotos167.05482   
103Duck, MaccoaOxyura maccoa33.003   
10014Duck, UnidentifiedAnas sp.16.0011
104Duck, White-backedThalassornis leuconotus11.753   
100Duck, White-faced WhistlingDendrocygna viduata1132.031845   
96Duck, Yellow-billedAnas undulata133.22208   
58Egret, GreatArdea alba118.0087   
60Egret, IntermediateArdea intermedia19.3484   
59Egret, LittleEgretta garzetta134.18494   
982Egret, SlatyEgretta vinaceigula11.001   
61Egret, Western CattleBubulcus ibis1204.201050   
149Fish Eagle, AfricanHaliaeetus vocifer18.9827
86Flamingo, GreaterPhoenicopterus roseus112.3025   
87Flamingo, LesserPhoeniconaias minor14.5015   
205Flufftail, Red-chestedSarothrura rufa22.002
265Godwit, Black-tailedLimosa limosa44.004 
89Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiaca1258.851024   
88Goose, Spur-wingedPlectropterus gambensis162.02384   
4Grebe, Great CrestedPodiceps cristatus121.481065025100
6Grebe, LittleTachybaptus ruficollis1111.05503500250 
263Greenshank, CommonTringa nebularia15.0933   
288Gull, Grey-headedChroicocephalus cirrocephalus130.47125   
10010Gull, UnidentifiedLanus sp.11.001
64Heron, BlackEgretta ardesiaca115.80161   
55Heron, Black-headedArdea melanocephala18.2766   
56Heron, GoliathArdea goliath15.1721   
54Heron, GreyArdea cinerea437.68170   
57Heron, PurpleArdea purpurea13.5810   
62Heron, SquaccoArdeola ralloides115.04202   
63Heron, StriatedButorides striata14.4720   
81Ibis, African SacredThreskiornis aethiopicus124.35151   
83Ibis, GlossyPlegadis falcinellus17.3335   
84Ibis, HadadaBostrychia hagedash15.9220   
228Jacana, AfricanActophilornis africanus127.21184   
395Kingfisher, GiantMegaceryle maxima11.583
396Kingfisher, Half-collaredAlcedo semitorquata11.001
397Kingfisher, MalachiteCorythornis cristatus15.6731
394Kingfisher, PiedCeryle rudis129.6792
247Lapwing, African WattledVanellus senegallus14.6227   
245Lapwing, BlacksmithVanellus armatus1072.15323   
509Martin, Brown-throatedRiparia paludicola11.001
210Moorhen, CommonGallinula chloropus17.0927   
69Night Heron, Black-crownedNycticorax nycticorax13.7630   
172Osprey, WesternPandion haliaetus11.142
230Painted-snipe, GreaterRostratula benghalensis11.001   
233Plover, Common RingedCharadrius hiaticula22.503   
237Plover, Kittlitz'sCharadrius pecuarius120.64181   
238Plover, Three-bandedCharadrius tricollaris118.03104   
102Pochard, SouthernNetta erythrophthalma19.4536   
282Pratincole, Black-wingedGlareola nordmanni37579.00120010050 
197Rail, AfricanRallus caerulescens11.001-1
258Sandpiper, CommonActitis hypoleucos14.1718  
251Sandpiper, CurlewCalidris ferruginea15.2915  
262Sandpiper, MarshTringa stagnatilis17.1323   
264Sandpiper, WoodTringa glareola16.2833   
90Shelduck, South AfricanTadorna cana12.174   
94Shoveler, CapeAnas smithii15.7024   
250Snipe, AfricanGallinago nigripennis12.907   
85Spoonbill, AfricanPlatalea alba150.0631415075 
270Stilt, Black-wingedHimantopus himantopus118.4790   
253Stint, LittleCalidris minuta126.45118   
73Stork, MarabouLeptoptilos crumenifer18.2028   
76Stork, Yellow-billedMycteria ibis110.7552   
208Swamphen, AfricanPorphyrio madagascariensis11.553  
10007Swan, BlackCygnus atratus11.001
99Teal, Blue-billedAnas hottentota14.8513   
98Teal, CapeAnas capensis23.308   
97Teal, Red-billedAnas erythrorhyncha132.42186   
290Tern, CaspianHydroprogne caspia114.0037  20
10009Tern, UnidentifiedN/A N/A777.20129
305Tern, WhiskeredChlidonias hybrida226.131901507585
304Tern, White-wingedChlidonias leucopterus3261.421126 1000 
274Thick-knee, WaterBurhinus vermiculatus12.908   
10008Wader, UnidentifiedN/A N/A119.71102
685Wagtail, African PiedMotacilla aguimp13.169
686Wagtail, CapeMotacilla capensis19.3839
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Wednesday 04 December 2024 10:40
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