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    Durban Botanical Gardens (29503100)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 501764
    Compiler 2185
    Location code 29503100Durban Botanical Gardens (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2011-05-18
    Season OOther
    Start time 15:05
    End time 17:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 447
    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 Black sparrowhawk causing chaos with roosting ibis! Nesting gray herons have taken over the spoonbill nests. Influx of cattle egrets arriving in large groups from different directions.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		220Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1870
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		10
    69Heron, Black-crowned Night
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1590
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		240Probably Breeding
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20Probably Breeding
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 09:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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