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    Watermead Dam (29502935)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 487
    Compiler 155
    Location code 29502935Watermead Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 1995-01-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 10:30:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 39
    Total Count 1238
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 0
    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)
    380
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    250
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    50
    60Egret, Intermediate
    (Ardea intermedia)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    1800
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)
    10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)
    10
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    690
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    590
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Spatula hottentota)
    160
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    10
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    1030
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)
    10
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)
    320
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)
    10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)
    10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
    10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    5600
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)
    20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)
    10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    220
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)
    30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)
    320
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)
    20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    120
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)
    10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    40


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