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    Vaal Dam: South (27042816)

    Free State
    Card 8912
    Compiler 1957
    Location code 27042816Vaal Dam: South (Free State)
    Start date 2007-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 14:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 61
    Total Count 9250
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		40
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		1090
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		880
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		910
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		690
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		480
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		350
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		130
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		460
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		60
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		850
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		90
    66Bittern, Dwarf
    (Ixobrychus sturmii)    		10
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		240
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		580
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		190
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		2830
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		35270
    91Duck, Knob-billed
    (Sarkidiornis melanotos)    		90
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)    		209Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		5172Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1210
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		300
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		820
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		90
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		150
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		10
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		190
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3030
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		10
    230Painted-snipe, Greater
    (Rostratula benghalensis)    		10
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		640
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		150
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		6570
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		540
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		600
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		140
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		270
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    282Pratincole, Black-winged
    (Glareola nordmanni)    		10420
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		2340
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		840
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		970
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		3500
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		250
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		100
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser)    		750
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		1440
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		3320
    10010Gull, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		800
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		2200


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:07
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