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    Blood River Vlei (Central) (27503035)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 2735
    Compiler 459
    Location code 27503035Blood River Vlei (Central) (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1999-02-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00:00
    End time 12:30:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 70
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1139
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)    		80
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		2940
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		980
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1350
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1280
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1150
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		60
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)    		180
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		50
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		40
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		1070
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1180
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		160
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		70
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Thursday 25 April 2024 01:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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