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    Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (26442749)

    Gauteng
    Card 510382
    Compiler 10159
    Location code 26442749Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (Gauteng)
    Start date 2023-09-02
    Season OOther
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1917
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 15Pollution by domestic sewage
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Andre & Shelley van Zyl
     
    0Cornellia Craddock
     
    0Dawn Kotze
     
    0Eleanor Munro
     
    0Glen & Leigh McCarroll
     
    0Glendyne Nel
     
    0Helen Fourie
     
    0Ian & Petra Steele
     
    0Jan de Man
     
    0Jane Groenewald
     
    0Reggie & Ann Venter
     
    0Santa Moolman
     
    10159Cliff Wright
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		90
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		9030Probably Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		690
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		90
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		1590
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		99510Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		10
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		180
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1280
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		430
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1020
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1543Confirmed Breeding
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		500
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		250
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		51Confirmed Breeding
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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