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    Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (26442749)

    Gauteng
    Card 511859
    Compiler 10159
    Location code 26442749Vaal River - Stonehaven to Loch Vaal (Gauteng)
    Start date 2026-01-31
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 2076
    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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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Andre van Zyl
     
    0Elaine Erasmus
     
    10159Cliff Wright
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		390
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		240
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		123
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		140
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		110
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		460
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		80
    67Bittern, Little
    (Ixobrychus minutus)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		2510
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		81512
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		180
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1290
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		60
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		300
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		5670
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		120
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		130
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		150
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		160
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		10


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    Monday 06 April 2026 02:19
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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