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    Vaal Dam: South (27042816)

    Free State

    Card 5078
    Compiler 1631
    Location code 27042816Vaal Dam: South (Free State)
    Start date 2002-10-27
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 15:00:00
    Shoreline covered 85
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 2894
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)
    100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    280
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    590
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    3710Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    200
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)
    370
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1920
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    610
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    420
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    280
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    14490
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)
    10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    220
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    240
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    2430Confirmed Breeding
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)
    160
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)
    610
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    120
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    50
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
    820
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    170
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    100
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    100
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)
    20
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    180
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)
    200


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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