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    Albert Falls Dam: Route 2 (29253024)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 501817
    Compiler 474
    Location code 29253024Albert Falls Dam: Route 2 (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2011-02-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:40
    End time 12:20
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 20
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 481
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Dam 83.6% full Egyptian Goose - 5 goslings,14 juveniles. Fish Eagles 4 adults, 7 juveniles. White faced duck 30 adult, 6 ducklings. Yellow-billed duck 41 adult, 3 juveniles. Crowned Crane - 14 adult, 3 juveniles.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		310
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		174
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    63Heron, Striated
    (Butorides striata)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		120
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		670
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		704
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		434
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		364
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		60
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		74
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		10
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		174
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		370
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		270
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		140
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		170
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		190
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		140


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 01:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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