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    Mbozambo Waste Water Lagoon (29173117)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500125
    Compiler 1894
    Location code 29173117Mbozambo Waste Water Lagoon (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2008-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 06:15
    End time 08:15
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 239
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes As can be seen from the attached photograph the growth of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) had choked the whole surface of the water near the hide and this made observation extremely difficult. Species sheet Notes
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0B. Comrie
     
    0C. Green
     
    0C. Macdonald
     
    0D. Cowie
     
    0D. Watson
     
    0G. du Soutoy
     
    0H. Comrie
     
    0L. Watson
     
    0M. Green
     
    0M. McClean
     
    0P. McClean
     
    0W. du Sautoy
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		40
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		250
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		150
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		210
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		190
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		70
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		230
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		410
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		60
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		120
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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