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    Durban Botanical Gardens (29503100)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 503746
    Compiler 2185
    Location code 29503100Durban Botanical Gardens (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2011-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:30
    End time 19:10
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 9
    Total Count 531
    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 Pink backed Pelicans extensively covered in oil. Major breeding by Sacred ibis, with many large communal nests. Serious spread of water lettice and lotus plant close to 3m high.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		100Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    74Openbill, African
    (Anastomus lamelligerus)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		4650Confirmed Breeding
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		160
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		130
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		80Probably Breeding


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    Tuesday 23 December 2025 05:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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