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    Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (29263024)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 505460
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29263024Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2016-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time
    End time
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 16
    Total Count 610
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The dam only 37.65% full. No waders, but that could be because of a couple of hundred Yellow Billed Kites spend the morning at the waters edge.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    16595Sally Cummings
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		110
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		50
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		30
    74Openbill, African
    (Anastomus lamelligerus)    		10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		31Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		5261Confirmed Breeding
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		50
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		51Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		350
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 10:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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