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    Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (29263024)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 508905
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29263024Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2021-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:10
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 5
    Total Count 124
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The dam was 36.4% full and many of the birds counted were in one area where the grass was short due grazing cattle.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Leon Labuschagne
     
    47Jane Irvine
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    1020
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    20


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 02:13
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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