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    Waterford Farm Dams (29512919)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 501621
    Compiler 124
    Location code 29512919Waterford Farm Dams (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2010-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:10
    End time 11:35
    Shoreline covered 75
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 869
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Great White Pelican has been on the farm for approx.10days. Pelicans have strayed into the area in the past.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		70
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		250
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		70
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		490
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		350Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1950Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1670
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		270
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2060Confirmed Breeding
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		300
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		600


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    Thursday 11 December 2025 11:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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