Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Durban Botanical Gardens (29503100)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500292
    Compiler 2185
    Location code 29503100Durban Botanical Gardens (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2008-11-12
    Season OOther
    Start time 16:00
    End time 18:15
    Shoreline covered 1
    Openwater covered 1
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 409
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes One breeding female Egyptian goose with 7 chicks has large chest wound.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0G. Nichol
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		170Confirmed Breeding
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20Probably Breeding
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		2970Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		531Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30Possibly Breeding
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20


    FITZ logo   Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Tuesday 23 December 2025 05:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License