Email: CS/ADU no: Password:  
  Forgot/Reset password

    Durban Botanical Gardens (29503100)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 502401
    Compiler 2185
    Location code 29503100Durban Botanical Gardens (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2012-03-28
    Season OOther
    Start time 15:30
    End time 18:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 10
    Total Count 269
    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 Several dead fish in Lake. Small. About 4cm max. happened before , when water lettuce invades water. Improves after heavy rainfall. The weather was very humid and overcast, and totally still, which is unusual. Another pelican chick (3rd this season ) on ground, unable to move. Disappeared by next morning.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		330Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20Probably Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1950
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		60
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		110Confirmed Breeding
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20


    FITZ logo Ramsar Wetlands International http://www.sanbi.org/

    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License