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    Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (29263024)

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Card 509922
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29263024Albert Falls Dam: Route 1 (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2023-02-06
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 30
    Openwater covered 30
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 692
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 9Little angling fishing
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The dam was 102% full.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Leon Labuschagne
     
    0Mike Spain
     
    18120Sean Glynn
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    340
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    30
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    170
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    30
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)
    10
    77Stork, Woolly-necked
    (Ciconia episcopus)
    60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)
    30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    4170
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    60
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    120
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)
    110
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)
    20
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)
    50
    228Jacana, African
    (Actophilornis africanus)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    910
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)
    70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)
    30
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)
    10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)
    31Confirmed Breeding
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)
    30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)
    40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    260


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:08
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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