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    Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (29263024)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 1058
    Compiler 47
    Location code 29263024Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1997-01-24
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30:00
    End time 14:15:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 494
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		320
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		360
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		70
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		130
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		700
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		50
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1060
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		210
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		160
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		260
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		500
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		500


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 01:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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