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Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (26442749)
Gauteng
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
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2016-02-16
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Count performed by boat on the Vaal River from Stonehaven-on-Vaal to Boschenvaal, one side of the river bank going, the other when returning.
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A River Count

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.33	2
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	2	3.00	4
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	2.50	6
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	1	97.89	1020
51	Cormorant, Crowned	Microcarbo coronatus	20	20.00	20
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	1	43.39	123
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	1	57.83	213		130
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	2.24	5
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	1	23.52	103
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	13.34	30
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	1	3.20	8
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	26	26.00	26
10005	Duck, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	1.00	1
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	2	2.00	2
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	4	4.00	4
10003	Duck, Muscovy	Cairina moschata	4	4.00	4
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	2	3.00	4
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	54.56	280
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	3	22.75	87
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	1.00	1
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	7.76	37
982	Egret, Slaty	Egretta vinaceigula	1	1.00	1
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	18.04	73
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	2.17	5
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	60	60.00	60
92	Goose, African Pygmy	Nettapus auritus	4	4.00	4
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	1	6.78	47
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	304	569.38	995
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	4.05	17
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	1.50	2
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	3	10.15	31
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	12.88	66
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.00	1
169	Harrier, Black	Circus maurus	4	4.00	4
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	2.46	6
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	9.15	31
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	4.50	15
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	7.48	20
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	2.67	13
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	4.29	17
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	4.63	16
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	18.35	124
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	15.11	78
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	53	171.90	426
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.00	1
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	2.57	6
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	7.52	23
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	3.23	13
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	4.15	21
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	39	313.62	719
10015	Mallard, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	4	4.00	4
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	2	17.33	83
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	1.86	4
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	1.29	2
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	3.28	7
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	3	3.00	3
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	1	3.85	11
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	1.00	1
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	1.50	2
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	1.00	1
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	1.83	5
884	Swan, Mute	Cygnus olor	1	1.50	2
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	3	5.33	7
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	2	2.00	2
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	2	2.67	3
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	3.50	9
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	4.33	7
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	29.64	99	75	85
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	38.14	88
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	2.00	5
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	10	33.04	86

Sunday 01 March 2026 12:04
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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