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    Albert Falls Dam: Route 2 (29253024)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 509418
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29253024Albert Falls Dam: Route 2 (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2022-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 12:35
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1282
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes This dam has many threats. Motor boats, fishing, litter, agriculture, and hunting of water birds during the winter months by farmers
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Christine Theron
     
    0Theo Cave'
     
    16595Sally Cummings
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		460
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1490
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		250
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		460
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		90
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		170
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		280
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		100
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		1300
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		4711Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		170
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		190
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		90
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		50
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)    		140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		2003Confirmed Breeding
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		50
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		150
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		140
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		50
    685Wagtail, African Pied
    (Motacilla aguimp)    		170
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Thursday 18 December 2025 08:18
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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