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    Darvill Waste Water Treatment Works (29343026)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 503653
    Compiler 1751
    Location code 29343026Darvill Waste Water Treatment Works (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2014-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:15
    End time 10:08
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 553
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The conditions of the wetlands and habitat of Darvill are a disaster! Long uncut grass and weeds, concrete steps to the settling ponds covered with grass, dry roads just mud furrows, water areas mostly dried mud and silt, and this includeds the spillway areas. Although we said we covered 100% of the open water, that was all that was available, which was actually only about 15% of normal! Along the main path to the settling ponds there were three large piles of cut/dried grass rotting in plastic bags. Quite, quite horrid, and so few waders. Darvill will soon be an area no longer suitable for seeing the migrant waders.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		150
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		220Confirmed Breeding
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		440
    80Stork, White
    (Ciconia ciconia)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		670Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		180
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1330
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		70
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		80
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		240Confirmed Breeding
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zapornia flavirostra)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		180
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		900
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		10
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		460
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80
    689Wagtail, Western Yellow
    (Motacilla flava)    		20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 06:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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