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    Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (29263024)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 509417
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29263024Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2022-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:35
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 362
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The litter left by fishermen and the dustbins over flowing in campsites was very bad again.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Leon Labuschagne
     
    47Jane Irvine
     
    18120Sean Glynn
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		170
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		730
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		80
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		120
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		582Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		80
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		170
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		90
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		72Confirmed Breeding
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		631Confirmed Breeding
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		70
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		200


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 05:10
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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