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    Ndumo Game Reserve: Nyamithi Pan (26533218)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 500738
    Compiler 1656
    Location code 26533218Ndumo Game Reserve: Nyamithi Pan (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2009-02-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 444
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The area has been experiencing a prolonged drought, but by the end of the count the pan started filling with water pushing upstream from the Usuthu river.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C. Hanekom
     
    0G. Clinning
     
    0S. Krueger
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		350
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		50
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    64Heron, Black
    (Egretta ardesiaca)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		280
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		700Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		80
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		40
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		160
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		140
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		110
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		680
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		200
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		100
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		260
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		210
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		220
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		160
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		40
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		30


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    Monday 29 December 2025 12:14
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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