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    Hlatikulu Valley (29152941)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 508165
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29152941Hlatikulu Valley (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2020-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 440
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The one dam was not fully counted because the road was too wet to drive close to the shoreline. The reeds and grasses were too high to count most of the open water.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Anita Divall
     
    0Leon Labuschagne
     
    0Phyllida Mc Grath
     
    47Jane Irvine
     
    1799Peter Divall
     
    16595Sally Cumming
     
    18120Sean Glynn
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		300
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		190
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		210
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1400
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		510
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		350
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		10
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		21Possibly Breeding
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		350
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		310
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		294Confirmed Breeding
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100


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    Sunday 21 December 2025 10:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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