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    Hlatikulu Valley (29152941)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 506360
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29152941Hlatikulu Valley (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2017-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 262
    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 There had been a severe hail storm 2 weeks prior to the count which damaged the reeds and flooded the dams.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Andrew Templeton
     
    0Joan Templeton
     
    0Roger ONeill
     
    0Sal Davies
     
    0Shirley Carter-Brown
     
    0Viv ONeill
     
    47Jane Irvine
     
    16595Sally Cummings
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		120
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		220
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		120
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		862Confirmed Breeding
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		21Possibly Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		510
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		330
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		61Confirmed Breeding
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)    		21Possibly Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		31Probably Breeding
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		21Possibly Breeding
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		31Possibly Breeding


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    Monday 15 December 2025 12:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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