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    Penwarn (29512920)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 504994
    Compiler 124
    Location code 29512920Penwarn (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2015-06-17
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:50
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 357
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Sunny and clear with high winds. Counting was made difficult as most birds had taken shelter in the calmer waters. A pair of wattled cranes were seen with one adult sitting on the nest. A photograph of the birds is attached
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		320
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1180
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1470Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		160
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)    		20Probably Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Monday 08 December 2025 01:19
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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