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    Gartmore Farm Dams (29213016)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 509187
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29213016Gartmore Farm Dams (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2021-08-06
    Season WWinter
    Start time 15:00
    End time 18:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 488
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The drying out of the area is due to heavy irrigation for dairy farming.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    47Jane Irvine
     
    18120Sean Glynn
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1670
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		1010
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		21
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		920
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		190
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		70
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		610
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		21
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 05:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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