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    Vaal Dam: EE1 (Extreme East) (26572821)

    Free State
    Card 503549
    Compiler 12717
    Location code 26572821Vaal Dam: EE1 (Extreme East) (Free State)
    Start date 2011-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 365
    Wetland Condition 0
    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
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		70
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		130
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		140
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		150
    63Heron, Striated (NOTE: use Little Heron)
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		190
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		730
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		630
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		100
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		520
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		10
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		170
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		110
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		230


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    Tuesday 28 July 2026 05:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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