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    Vygeboom Dam (25533036)

    Mpumalanga

    Card 8735
    Compiler 728
    Location code 25533036Vygeboom Dam (Mpumalanga)
    Start date 2007-01-10
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 13:10:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 256
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    340
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)
    30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    370
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)
    20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    480Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    530
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)
    10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    50
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)
    20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    40
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    170
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    20
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    200


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 01:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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