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Vaal Dam: East (26552816)
Free State
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Birding Vaaldam
Management status	STATE IMPOUNDMENT
Conservation status	UNPROTECTED
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Date_registered
2002-10-27

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	IBA	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	4.00	12
72		Scopus umbretta	1	2.00	3
255		Calidris alba	1	1.50	2
256		Calidris pugnax	1	15.33	74
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	31	31.00	31
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	1.00	1
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	16	217.86	738
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	10	86.21	248
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	6	112.71	284			130
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	1.00	1
267	Curlew, Eurasian	Numenius arquata	1	1.00	1
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	10	119.93	387		250
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	3	9.46	19
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	1	7.00	15
101	Duck, Fulvous Whistling	Dendrocygna bicolor	3	5.50	8
10005	Duck, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	2	3.00	4
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	1	1.00	1
103	Duck, Maccoa	Oxyura maccoa	11	11.00	11
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	1	6.40	13
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	2	18.08	58
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	88	225.57	443
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	28.71	63
60	Egret, Intermediate [x]	Ardea intermedia	1	6.22	28
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	60.31	225
982	Egret, Slaty	Egretta vinaceigula	2	2.00	2
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	70	254.43	1649
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	3	8.08	16
86	Flamingo, Greater	Phoenicopterus roseus	1	14.25	44
87	Flamingo, Lesser	Phoeniconaias minor	8	10.50	13
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	1	12.00	34
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	89	320.57	576
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	9	59.43	148
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	6	6.00	6
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	2.50	3
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	10.10	73
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	1	6.58	17
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	103	259.43	502		500
10010	Gull, Unidentified	Lanus sp.	1	25.67	48
167	Harrier, African Marsh	Circus ranivorus	1	1.67	3
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	1	11.20	32
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	4.64	10
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	12	39.50	78
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	12	60.50	135
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	4.33	8
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	1.00	1
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	3.25	5
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	14.00	49
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	2	42.08	187
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	8	63.07	133
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	2	3.25	5
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.50	2
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	3.29	9
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	2	6.67	13
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	221	531.71	1056
10015	Mallard, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	4	6.00	8
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	1	3.50	6
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	2.00	3
172	Osprey, Western	Pandion haliaetus	1	1.43	2
41	Pelican, Pink-backed	Pelecanus rufescens	1	1.00	1
236	Plover, Chestnut-banded	Charadrius pallidus	3	3.00	3
233	Plover, Common Ringed	Charadrius hiaticula	2	8.71	17
237	Plover, Kittlitz's	Charadrius pecuarius	17	78.00	291
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	6	29.69	51
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	2	9.17	18
282	Pratincole, Black-winged	Glareola nordmanni	1	17.50	51		50
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	5	21.93	68
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	1	2.44	10
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	3.33	8
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	4	7.00	9
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	1	15.85	45
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	2.33	4
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	40.33	133		75
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	20.64	84
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	3	74.69	277
79	Stork, Black	Ciconia nigra	1	1.00	1
80	Stork, White	Ciconia ciconia	1	1.67	3			1
76	Stork, Yellow-billed	Mycteria ibis	1	11.69	35
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	2	4.00	6
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	11	36.79	122
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	16	71.14	176
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	24	121.64	327	135	68	20
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	4.14	6
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	7	80.21	395	150	75	85
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	93.17	347
274	Thick-knee, Water	Burhinus vermiculatus	2	4.00	8
232	Turnstone, Ruddy	Arenaria interpres	4	4.00	4
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	28.45	96
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	18	18.00	18
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	3	37.79	69

Tuesday 28 October 2025 03:34
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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