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    Durban Botanical Gardens (29503100)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 501761
    Compiler 2185
    Location code 29503100Durban Botanical Gardens (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2011-04-28
    Season OOther
    Start time 15:30
    End time 18:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 169
    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 Two preceeding days were very very cold (for Durban), rain and high wind. Nine Pink backed pelicans have hatched this year. One was found lying half in the mud during the count, taken to rehab centre, but died of pneumonia during the night. Moorhens mating.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		300Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		40
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		510
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		220
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		300Confirmed Breeding
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 02:28
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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