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    Gartmore Farm Dams (29213016)

    KwaZulu-Natal
    Card 510224
    Compiler 1581
    Location code 29213016Gartmore Farm Dams (KwaZulu-Natal)
    Start date 2023-07-16
    Season WWinter
    Start time 15:00
    End time 17:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 158
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 8Hunting/trapping/poaching of birds
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Due to a very wet season the birds had spread out so there were no huge flocks of waterbirds at the dams
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    47Jane Irvine
     
    16595Sally Cumming
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		73Possibly Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		610
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		30
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		150
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		42
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		10
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    214Crane, Grey Crowned
    (Balearica regulorum)    		20
    215Crane, Wattled
    (Grus carunculata)    		30
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    247Lapwing, African Wattled
    (Vanellus senegallus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Thursday 21 November 2024 06:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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