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    Darvill Waste Water Treatment Works (29343026)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 507635
    Compiler 1751
    Location code 29343026Darvill Waste Water Treatment Works (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2019-02-13
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 676
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Only 2 of the 4 ponds have water. Upgrading of Sewage works is ongoing causing disturbance. Surrounding vegetation has been removed and ground flattened for building of a new dam.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    14410Twane Clark
     
    15062Viv O'Neil
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		100
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		620
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		730
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		140Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		670Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		100Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		150
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		610
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		120
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		30
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1560
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		590
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		120
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		400
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 04:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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