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    Gartmore Farm Dams (29213016)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 506071
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29213016Gartmore Farm Dams (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2017-01-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 09:40
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 14
    Total Count 176
    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 The water was high so there were no banks for the waders. The surrounding vegetation very long so it was difficult to see the water birds.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Andrew Templeton
     
    0Joan Templeton
     
    0Sal Davies
     
    0Sarah Millar
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    31Possibly Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    21Confirmed Breeding
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    130
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    120
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    61Confirmed Breeding
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    1130
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    21Possibly Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    40
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)
    42Possibly Breeding
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)
    11Possibly Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    50


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    Wednesday 01 May 2024 10:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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