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    Vaal Dam: South (27042816)

    Free State

    Card 500129
    Compiler 1957
    Location code 27042816Vaal Dam: South (Free State)
    Start date 2008-01-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 14:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 56
    Total Count 7116
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Various Members of BirdLife Vaaldam involved, including many other volunteers. Species sheet Notes
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    660
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    410
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    510
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    600
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    100
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    350
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    170
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    60
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    210
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    60
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    40
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)
    30
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    160
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    520
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    280
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    710
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    37600
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    160
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
    150
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    690
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1900
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    840
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    30
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    890
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    7900
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    3900
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    5990
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    470
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    180
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    190
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    250
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    80
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    250
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    10
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    1410
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    150
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    1500
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    180
    10006Duck, Domestic
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    110
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    790
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    10
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    90


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:33
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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