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    Vaal Dam: South (27042816)

    Free State
    Card 5612
    Compiler 1631
    Location code 27042816Vaal Dam: South (Free State)
    Start date 2004-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 13:00:00
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 75
    Total Species 45
    Total Count 3991
    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 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		20
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		200
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		170
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1320
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		330
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		1050
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		860
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		490
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		30
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		540
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		700
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		18190
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		180
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		20
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		350
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		740
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		50
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1180
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		40
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		20
    169Harrier, Black
    (Circus maurus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		7030
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		160
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		160
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		2010
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		240
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		60
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		330
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		420
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		140
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		890
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		790
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		800


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:35
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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