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    Pongolapoort Dam (27253158)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 508918
    Compiler 19575
    Location code 27253158Pongolapoort Dam (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2021-01-30
    Season SSummer
    Start time 05:47
    End time 10:49
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 1624
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Flooded vegetation, i.e. very little exposed mud flats; shallow water, i.e. unable to get close to the shore; Hippopotamus occasionally forced us to move further away from the shore.
    Survey notes


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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    837F Myburgh
     
    10547I Pretorius
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		170
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		7110
    62Heron, Squacco
    (Ardeola ralloides)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		30
    73Stork, Marabou
    (Leptoptilos crumenifer)    		120
    76Stork, Yellow-billed
    (Mycteria ibis)    		50
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		200
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		3310
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		1260
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		70
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		230
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		520
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		260
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1880
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		190
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		30
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		10
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		140
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		190
    281Pratincole, Collared
    (Glareola pratincola)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		20


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    Sunday 28 December 2025 10:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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