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    Hlatikulu Valley (29152941)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 509645
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29152941Hlatikulu Valley (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2022-07-23
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:25
    End time 11:39
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 648
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 1None
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Good weather conditions. Farm roads in good condition so access to the whole wetland was easy. The maize fields had been harvested which brought in many cranes.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Leon Labuschagne
     
    47Jane Irvine
     
    18120Sean Glynn
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		320
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		60
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		20
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		730
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2790
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		200
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		150
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		320
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		830
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)    		380
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		40


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    Sunday 21 December 2025 10:55
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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