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    Vaalkop Dam (25202728)

    North West
    Card 512520
    Compiler 2254
    Location code 25202728Vaalkop Dam (North West)
    Start date 2026-07-28
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:44
    Shoreline covered 59
    Openwater covered 85
    Total Species 38
    Total Count 658
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2254Robinson
     
    19245Laubscher
     
    24391Rowbotham
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		260
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		30
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		80
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		70
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1310
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		401Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1090
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		10
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		70
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		80
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		740
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		850
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		60
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		800
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		30
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		40
    402Kingfisher, Brown-hooded
    (Halcyon albiventris)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    14799Egret, Yellow-billed
    (Egretta brachyrhyncha)    		10


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    Friday 11 September 2026 10:51
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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