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    Gartmore Farm Dams (29213016)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 509395
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29213016Gartmore Farm Dams (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2022-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 100
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The farms have had heavy rain since December so areas have been flooded. Fields water logged, grass and vegetation tall and no shore line for birds to roost.
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Norman Freeman
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		63Possibly Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		50
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		140
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		160
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		31Probably Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    211Moorhen, Lesser
    (Paragallinula angulata)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		120
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		10


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 05:36
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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