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    Durban Botanical Gardens (29503100)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 505390
    Compiler 2185
    Location code 29503100Durban Botanical Gardens (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2016-01-25
    Season SSummer
    Start time 15:00
    End time 18:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 10
    Total Count 87
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes lake still not drained. Less than 2cm deep in parts. City of Durban just not interested in anything except politics. Water lettuce creeping all over. Hacked foliage not recovered and waterways overgrown.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		51Confirmed Breeding
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		166Confirmed Breeding
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		20Probably Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		140
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		370Confirmed Breeding
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 06:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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