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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West
    Card 512052
    Compiler 2254
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 2026-01-31
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:10
    End time 10:46
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 36
    Total Count 559
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Alien vegetation species Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and Salvinia minima continue to have an adverse effect on water bird diversity and count conditions.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2254Lance Robinson
     
    11707Hanneline Smit-Robinson
     
    19245Dries & Julia Laubscher
     
    24391Louise Rowbotham
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		300
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		450
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		540
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		110
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		200
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1010
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		50
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		20
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		440
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		90Probably Breeding
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		120
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		500
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		340
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		390
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		250
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		150
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)    		10


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    Monday 06 April 2026 02:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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