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    Vaal Dam: East (26552816)

    Free State

    Card 504745
    Compiler 12717
    Location code 26552816Vaal Dam: East (Free State)
    Start date 2015-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 53
    Total Count 4751
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes dam level rising
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    2220
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    2090
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    760
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    470
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    530
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    400
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    950
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    120
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1420
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)
    10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    110
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    1330
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    140
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    50
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)
    80
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    1480
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    4800
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    140
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    2980
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    1760
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    1220
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    580
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    40
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    160
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    710
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    310
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    270
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    10560
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    1330
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    740
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    210
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    70
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    500
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)
    510
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    2740
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    3270
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    60
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    100
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    90
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    50
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    680
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)
    300
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    600
    10015, Hybrid Mallard
    (Anas hybrid)
    80


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 03:10
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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